Korean Culture, History and Education Foundation of New England

About the History of the Dokdo Island Historically, Dokdo has been part of Korean territory since 512 (the 13th year of the reign of Silla King Jijeung), when Silla absorbed Usanguk. This fact is recorded twice in Samguksagi (The History of Three Kingdoms, 1145): Volume 4 Sillabon-gi (Silla's records) and Volume 44 Yisabujeon (The Biography of Yi Sabu). Usanguk included Ulleungdo and Usando (called Matsushima in Japan before 1880) when it was absorbed by Silla, which is recorded in a number of ancient texts including Sejongsillokjiriji (Gazetteer of the Annals of King Sejong, 1454) published in 1481; Sinjeungdonggukyeojiseungnam (Augmented Survey of the Geography of Korea) published in 1530; Man-giyoram (Guidebook of State Affairs, 1808); and Jeungbomunheonbigo (The Augmented Reference Compilation of Documents, 1908).

English entrance: (Middle School ) : 2nd Place – Hyunki Seonwoo

KCHEFNE September 17, 2016 English entrance: (Middle School ) : 2nd Place – Hyunki Seonwoo2016-12-14T11:57:32-05:00 Award winner No Comment

I am very happy and thankful that I got second place in the Dokdo essay competition.

I learned a lot from this essay competition.
For example, while Japan claimed Dokdo was ‘no man’s land,’ I learned that until 1905, Koreans caught sea lions and exported them to Japan from Dokdo. I was a little surprised that I got second place. I actually thought that I would get an honorary mention like last year.

I was lucky because my dad had a lot of articles about Dokdo. I think I will try again next year to learn more about.