General Facts about Dokdo Territorial History of Dokdo Establishment of the Republic of Korea and Dokdo Korea’s Management and Use of Dokdo History and Facts about Japan’s Attempt at Incorporating Dokdo The Future of Dokdo

In The Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute, Paul Huth, Sunwoong Kim, and Terence Roehrig have assembled top scholars from Japan, South Korea, and the United States to provide a balanced and comprehensive look from multiple perspectives of this long-running island dispute.

Dokdo, an island in the East Sea, has been an integral and inseparable part of Korean territory since ancient times. Throughout this book, the author attempted to prove this undeniable historical and geographical fact utilizing primary sources, thereby rejecting the Japanese claim that Dokdo is their territory.

Utilizing perspectives from international law, international relations, and history, this volume provides a balanced perspective on territorial disputes in Northeast Asia highlighting the issue of Dokdo which is disputed between Korea and Japan.