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With the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876, Japan decided to expand their initial settlements and acquired an enclave in Busan.In the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95, Japan defeated the Qing dynasty, and had released Korea from the tributary system of Qing China by concluding the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which compelled the Qing to acknowledge Yi Dynasty Korea as an independent country.
The Liancourt Rocks are situated at a distance of 211 kilometres (114 nmi) from the main island of Japan and 216.8 kilometres (117.1 nmi) from mainland South Korea. The nearest Japanese island, Oki Islands, is at a distance of 157 kilometres (85 nmi), [11] and the nearest Korean island, Ulleungdo, is 87.4 kilometres (47.2 nmi). [12] [11]
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -South Korea's foreign ministry summoned a Japanese diplomat on Tuesday to protest against a claim in Japan's annual diplomatic policy Bluebook on a group of islands at the ...
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South Korea offered condolences for Monday's disaster, but added that the islands, shown on the map issued by Japan's weather agency, were not subject to any territorial dispute.
The Liancourt Rocks, known as Takeshima in Japanese and Dokdo or Tokto in Korean, are a group of two small islets and rocks in the Sea of Japan. The islands were first incorporated by the Empire of Japan in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War, claiming that the land was terra nullius; Japanese victory in the war resulted in the Japan–Korea ...
The island, which is known as Daemado (대마도) in Korean, [1] has been controlled by Japan since at least the 8th century and is currently not officially claimed in any way by the governments of either South Korea or North Korea. However, some historic Korean governments have claimed that the island is rightfully theirs, and there have also ...