Dokdo is Korean Territory!

            Do you know about Dokdo, the Liancourt Rocks? It's located in the East Sea (that's what it's called, not the Sea of Japan). It's been fight over by the Koreans and the Japanese, but it's official that Dokdo is Korean territory. This drama still exists, and it's been ongoing for years and years now.

           The reason why this old news is still going around is because, not all Americans appear to be informed about this. I mean, first off, Google tells me that the Liancourt Rocks are in the "Sea of Japan"! It's easy to think that these isles must be part of Japan since it's in their sea. Well, thanks to that typo, people on the "outside" can easily be led into the wrong information. So this drama won't easily die down, because somewhere in the media, they'll make the mistake of saying Takeshima (the name of the isles in Japanese) is a Japanese territory and Koreans will erupt at this.

           As you may already know about the rivalry between the two countries, Dokdo is a super sensitive topic. There's even a song in Korea titled, "Dokdo is Our Land" and there are movies and even a video game about it! As a Korean myself, I get touchy about this subject. With all the "Dokdo is Our Land" theme while growing up,  it's hard not to have that defensive impulse.

         Here are two solid proofs that Dokdo is Korea's - this is debated in the first place because it's close to an island of each country -: Dokdo is closer to Ulleundo (Korean island) than it is to Oki Island (Japanese island) and the Korean peninsula is naturally etched into Dokdo. Plus I saw this on twitter a couple of years ago - when the Japanese start to aimlessly argue that Takeshima is theirs, Koreans can retort by saying, "Then why do you need your passport to go there?" Are you appalled that some Japanese people argue that Takeshima is theirs when it's official that it's a Korean territory like this? It's puzzling, but yes, some still argue this.

        I hope a bunch of haters don't come at me for writing this, I love Japanese people, their language, and culture!!!!! But Dokdo is definitely Korean territory.



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