Since the Korean Dynasty was afraid that kokyowa might become wako, they hesitated to use their administrative powers such as the police authority, the legal jurisdiction, and the authority of tax collection, and they just left the government of that area to some influential Japanese people.
朝鮮王朝は恒居倭の倭寇化を恐れ、検断権（警察・司法権）・徴税権といった行政権を行使できず、日本人有力者による自治に任せるままであった。