Liancourt Rocks dispute Liancourt Rocks dispute The Liancourt Rocks dispute is a territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan. Both countries claim sovereignty over the Liancourt Rocks, a group of small islets in the Sea of Japan which are referred to as "Dokdo" () in Korean and in Japanese. North Korea also claims sovereignty of the islands. The Liancourt Rocks have been administered by South Korea since 1954 by the Korea Coast Guard. This action was taken after the United States stated in the Rusk documents that the Japanese claim to the Liancourt Rocks would not be renounced in their peace treaty with
Disputed status of the isthmus between Gibraltar and Spain in a , as well as in several EU acts, the UK has acknowledged that Spain disputes the sovereignty of the isthmus ("The ... arrangements ... are understood to be without prejudice to the respective legal positions of Spain and the United Kingdom with regard to the dispute over sovereignty over the territory in which the airport is situated."), although they reject the basis for that dispute. The Gibraltar government rejects Spain's argument in its entirety. They point out that as "Utrecht" ceded ""the town and castle of Gibraltar, together with the port, fortifications, and forts thereunto belonging"" and there