The Dokdo/Takeshima controversy : study based on historical materials / Park Byoung-sup and Naitō Seichū ; translated by the National Assembly Library, Republic of Korea.

Seoul, Korea : National Assembly Library, c2009.

363 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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).

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.

A memorandum concerning the arrival of a Korean boat to the seashore in the 9th year of the Genroku.

English

April 19, 2010

Includes bibliographical references.