South Korea foreign ministry summons Japan diplomat over disputed islands

A navigational chart from the late Edo Period (1603-1867)

shows the disputed Takeshima islets as Japanese territory.

(Provided by the Japan Institute of International Affairs)

 

The disputed Takeshima islets are seen sandwiched between Japan’s Oki island group and South Korea’s Ullung-do island on a navigational chart from the late Edo Period (1603-1867). 

(Masashi Shimizu)
 

From Asahi by Reuters

 

South Korea’s foreign ministry summoned a Japanese diplomat on Tuesday to protest a claim in Japan’s annual diplomatic policy Bluebook over a group of islands between the countries at the center of a longstanding territorial row, Yonhap news reported.

 

Seoul’s official stance remains that Dokdo, which Japan claims as the Takeshima islands, is the “inherent territory” of South Korea.

Photo: AP

Earlier, South Korea’s foreign ministry said it “strongly protests” the claim made in the Diplomatic Bluebook issued by Japan on Tuesday and said the islands were historically and geographically its sovereign territory.

 

Localization with the GeoGarage platform (NGA nautical raster chart)

 

Rochers Liancourt with Google Earth satellite imagery
 

Official ENC from KHOA KR67BD58 at scale 1:5,000

While ties between the two countries have improved recently, the neighbors are at odds over the sovereignty of the islands called Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan that lie about halfway between them.

 

The crew of a Korea Coast Guard ship unfurls banners carrying the phrase "Let's Overcome the Coronavirus" near the country's easternmost Dokdo Islets, in this file photo taken Sept. 2, 2021, eight days ahead of the 68th anniversary of Korea Coast Guard Day. 

(Pool photo) (Yonhap)

 

Links :

• SMCP : Is South Korea ‘adopting Japanese narratives’ on disputed islets under Yoon?
• Dokdo-Takeshima : Dokdo Island The Historical Dispute Between Japan and Korea 
• MOFA Japan : Japan’s Consistent Position on the Territorial Sovereignty over Takeshima (en FR) 
• Ashashi : Two-century-old map shows Takeshima isles as part of Japan
• The Korea Times : South Korea voices strong regrets over Japanese textbooks distorting wartime history
• Asia news : South Korea ‘strongly’ protests Japan’s claim over Dokdo in diplomatic bluebook 
• Reuters : Japan protests to South Korea over military drills on disputed islands 
• GeoGarage blog : Dokdo island: A case study in Asia's maritime disputes / Japan offers archival evidence in island territorial disputes / Japanese government urges boycott of Google Maps over ... / "Sea of Japan" "Sea of Korea" or "East Sea"