Dokdo, volcanic islets located 87.4 kilometers away from Ulleungdo Island.

The dispute over Dokdo sovereignty between Korea and Japan dates back to 1952.

The Korean government declared the Peace Line on January 18th, 1952 to claim maritime sovereignty over all the islands within 200 nautical miles from the coasts of the Korean Peninsula. This declaration effectively put Dokdo inside Korean territory.

The Dokdo issue remained quiet for about three decades before it resurfaced in the mid-1990s.

The Japanese Ministry of Education marked Dokdo as Japanese territory in the middle and high school textbooks in 1996, renewing the dispute over the islet’s jurisdiction.

In the 21st century Japan intensified its campaign for Dokdo sovereignty.

Despite innumerable pieces of historical evidence pointing otherwise, Japan is proposing to submit the Dokdo issue to the International Court of Justice and still distorting history to claim Dokdo as its own.