History is not something which can be arbitrarily stitched together from disparate parts. Dokdo was the first piece of sovereign Korean territory absorbed by Japan in the latter's process of invading Joseon. For Japan to insist upon possession of Dokdo is no different from it, rejecting the history of the restoration of complete sovereignty to the Republic of Korea.

• Page : 66
• Date Jun 2008
• Source Northeast Asian History Foundation
• Language
  English