It's not been so long since Koreans first heard of 'Takeshima'. The Japanese government has claimed Dokdo as its territory and calls it 'Takeshima'. Dokdo has been Korea's territory for the last 1500 years. Japan wants to get negative attention from Korea hoping this dispute would be brought to the International Court. Korea doesn't need to get any confirmation about its OWN territory.
Dokdo is located 89km southeast from Uleungdo of Korea, and is consisted of 2 main islands called Dongdo and Seodo, and 33 attached small rocks and reefs. The gross area is 186,121 square meters.
Dokdo had long been called by various Korean names such as Usando, Sambongdo, Gajido and Seokdo. The most recent name of the island, Dokdo was first used in 1906.
Dokdo has been the territory of Korea since when Usanguk was annexed to Silla in 512 AD. The fact that Dokdo (Usando) belonged to Joseon (Chosun) along with Uleungdo was well known not only to Japan but also to the West. In 1737, famous French geologist D'Anville's 'Map of Joseon (Royaume de Coree)' marked Dokdo (Usando) as a territory of Joseon. Uleungdo and Dokdo were drawn very close to the East Sea of Korea.
'Eunjusicheonghapgi' published by Japanese government in 1667, which they claimed as the fisrst document that recorded Dokdo, actually recorded that Uleungdo(Takeshima in Japanese then) and Dokdo(Matsushima in Japanese then) belonged to Goryeo (Koryo) and that the northwestern border of Japan is at Okishima.
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