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
Liancourt Rocks dispute Mutual Defense Treaty is being brought into force on November 17...The general understanding had been agreed to in Seoul." As of 2011, the United States Department of State would stand on a neutral position on this issue. In 1965, the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea was signed which recognized the Liancourt Rocks dispute. The conditions in the treaty pertaining to the Liancourt Rocks were as follows: The "Joongang Ilbo" reported in 2007 that this portion of the treaty was ordered destroyed by Chun Doo-hwan in the 1980s. On April 25, 2006, President Roh Moo-hyun