Dokdo, the small but invaluable island of South Korea

DOKDO is a small island situated in South Korea, with an abundance of natural resources and a wide variety of marine life. It has been Korean territory since the 1950s, after Korea gained its independence from Japan. but the Japanese government is attempting to take it as Japanese territory, and hot controversies are arising between the two countries.

Dokdo

Historical evidences, however, clearly shows that Dokdo is in fact Korean territory- records, for example, ancient historical records that show that a King had sent his soldiers to keep the Japanese from secretly sailing to Dokdo to catch fish.

In a more commen-sense point of view, Dokdo is also twice as far from Japan than it is from Korea, and has long been considered a part of the Korean geological scape together with Eulleungdo, a slightly bigger island very closely located to Dokdo.

The Korean cyber diplomatic agency VANK has been making to reverse unfair claims about Dokdo, and has been making efforts and has made significant progress. Many international geographic sites have now altered their information to mention the name as "Dokdo" along with the more conventionally used name "Liancourt Rocks".

Dokdo at sunset

Many Koreans seek to settle this matter as soon as possible, as continuing controversies may foster the growth of currently existing anti-Japanese sentiments in Korea.