The Dokdo/Takeshima controversy
Subtitle: study based on historical materials
By: Park Byoung-sup and Naitō Seichū ; translated by the National Assembly Library, Republic of Korea
Contributors: Naitō, Seichū, 1929-; Taehan Min'guk Kukhoe Tosŏgwan
Publisher: National Assembly Library
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Seoul, Korea
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: International status; History; Foreign relations
Other titles: A memorandum concerning the arrival of a Korean boat to the seashore in the 9th year of the Genroku.
Description: Draws on original documents to discuss the historical background of the recurrent territorial dispute over Dokdo/Takeshima (aka Tok Island), which is geographically located between Japan and Korea but which has been controlled by Korea since the end of World War II.
Notes: Originally published in Japanese (Shinkansha, 2007).  Includes the original Japanese text of A Memorandum Concerning the Arrival of a Korean Boat to the Seashore in the 9th Year of the Genroku (1696).