Korea’s Sovereignty over Dokdo

o Author

Doh See-hwan

   o Price

   24,000 KRW

   o Publication Date

   December 31, 2024

o ISBN

979-11-7161-178-2

Author

Doh See-hwan

Dr. Doh See-hwan, the Director General of the Office of the Dokdo research and the Director of the Dokdo Museum at the Northeast Asian History Foundation, has been dedicated to establishing Korea’s sovereignty, human rights, and territorial sovereignty issues as a scholar and expert of international law.

Book Introduction

International Legal Review of Korea’s Sovereignty over Dokdo and Japanese Colonialist Invasion

Dokdo is a symbol of Korean territorial sovereignty. However, Japan’s illegal invasion on Korea’s sovereignty over Dokdo is still ongoing even in 2025, the 120th anniversary of Japan’s invasion of Dokdo in 1905. Moreover, the seriousness of the problem exists in that the Japan’s claim to Dokdo, is consistent with Japanese colonialism as the essential substance of violence and greed stated in the Cairo Declaration. This book identifies the inherent problems of Japanese colonialism and the distortion of international legal principles derived from it in the study of the title by the Japanese Society of International Law, which has established the policy foundation for Japan’s illegal claim on Korea’s sovereignty over Dokdo.

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Absence of Japan’s claim to Dokdo by the Territorial Policy of the Allied Powers toward Japan

Chapter 3. Denial of Japan’s Invasion of Dokdo and Japanese Colonial Responsibility by the Japanese Government

Chapter 4. Distortion of International Legal Titles on Dokdo by Japanese Society of International Law

Chapter 5. Revisiting International Legal Titles on the 120th Anniversary of Korean Imperial Ordinance No. 41

Chapter 6. International Legal Challenges on the 70 Years of History of the San Francisco Peace Treaty

Chapter 7. International Legal Review of Japan’s Invasion of Dokdo and the History of Japanese Colonialism

Appendix

Epilogue

Dokdo Timeline

Index