The Liancourt Rocks, also known as Takeshima in Japanese or Dokdo in Korean, are a group of small islets in the Sea of Japan. Sovereignty over the islets is disputed between Japan and South Korea. The islets are currently administered by South Korea, which has its Coast Guard stationed there. Was it right act? The Liancourt Rocks, also known as Takeshima in Japanese or Dokdo in Korean are a group of small islets in the Sea of Japan. Sovereignty over the islets is disputed between Japan and South Korea. Actuality the islets are illegally controlled by South Korea. Do you know how South Korean government has explained over the reason of Dokdo’s sovereignty that resides with Korea? It said that Ulleungdo is a South Korean island in the Sea of Japan. The island is about 120 km (75 mi) east of the Korean Peninsula. A satellite photo shows two islands whose name were called Gwaneumdo and Jukdo Islands off Ulleungdos east shore. Gwaneumdo is only about 100 meters offshore from Ulleungdo Island, and the other island Jukdo is about 2 km offshore. Jukdo’s old name was Usando (于山島) which name is shown in many of Koreas historical old maps. Koreans claim that Usando was Koreas old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but they have no documents or maps to prove it. In short, Korea just wants to use old historical maps for evidence to back up the justification of territory dispute. However, Liancourt Rocks was shown in satellite photo is about ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo and is essentially two islands, but all of Koreas old maps, which they want to use as conclusive evidence, show Usando as one island just off shore of Ulleungdo. What Korean government said is far-fetched interpretation. Therefore, Korean’s claim is an absurd story. After World War II finished, Japan did not have any military organizations from August 1945 to June 1954. (However, Japan had very small sized police troops with weaponry.) South Korea’s president whose name was Syngman Rhee clearly carried out establishing Syngman Rhee Line, which means a boundary line including the Takeshima Islands to Korean territory in 1952. Therefore, the Japanese Foreign Ministry immediately protested against the South Korean act, and the United States and England supported Japan’s political stand at the time. However, South Korea occupied the Takeshima Islands illegally , ignoring the international law in 1954 because Japan was in the bustle and confusion of a period of postwar recovery. Rhee stated the purpose of the line was to protect Koreas marine resources around the Sea of Japan. Therefore it banned non-Korean fishing boats from inside the territory, and the Takeshima Islands in particular. Accordingly South Korea killed Japanese fishermen who reached the islands without giving any warnings. Also South Korea kidnapped Japanese fishermen, and then Koreans tortured the Japanese hellishly and repeatedly. As a result, 328 Japanese fishing boats were captured, 3,929 Japanese people were kidnapped and kept in custody, and 44 Japanese were massacred. At the request of the South Korean government, in exchange for the release of Japanese fishermen detained as a result of the line, the Japanese government released 472 Koreans in Japan who had been imprisoned as criminals. Those released were granted residence in Japan. In short, the Korean government has refused Korean citizens who are living in Japan the right to come back to their homeland of South Korea. Korean people who are living in Japan were illegal immigrants. They escaped from horrors of the Korean War in 1950 and their poverty to live in Korea after the WWII. What South Korean government said was not right. In Seoul, Lee’s ruling party welcomed his visit to the Islets which name is Takeshima in Japan and Dokto in South Korea for appealing the islets are Korean territory in the world. Contrary, opposition party responded by declaring that the trip was just a publicity stunt and was aimed at deflecting criticism of Lee’s administration. Lee’s approval rating is low as he nears the end of his single term in office next March. And some observers say his visit to the islet is a win-win tactic that might boost his popularity. “Its a perfect strategic move,” said Jasper Kim, who heads the Asia-Pacific Global Research Group in Seoul. “For legacy, because he is in effect a lame duck president, he wants to be remembered at least as a patriotic president”. Kim adds that President Lee might also hope that this trip will help South Koreans forget about a bribery scandal involving his brother. Only a few years back, South Korean government enforced an Anti-Pro-Japan law and confiscated properties and assets from descendants of Koreas who were judged as pro-Japan during the annexation era, which the whole Korea was in fact pro-Japan. Now they must claim that they were not and hated Japan to avoid being certified and listed in a pro-Japan citizen list. If you claimed that what Japan was saying was correct or Korea must have faced the historical facts, you are sure to be bashed badly by everyone, lose your job and your assets are confiscated. Therefore, many TV stars and politicians have to show anti-Japan demonstrations in Korean public. Korea is a supposedly democratic nation but it binds peoples free opinions by its fantasy textbooks and the ex post facto law, which is unheard in any civilized countries.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:30:59 +0000
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