Dokdo-or-Takeshima?: Some New Gadgets Added to the Blog

10.2.11

Some New Gadgets Added to the Blog

I have added the following enhancements to the blog.

A "Headlines" feature near the top of the blog that scrolls through headlines with the following keywords: Takeshima, Dokdo, 竹島, and 독도.
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A "Search This Blog" feature at the top of the right column that allows keyword search on this blog.
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A "Popular Post" feature was added in the right-hand column, just below the list of maps.

If anyone has any other suggests for improving the blog, please let me know.

I have been so busy with my son the past few months that I have not paid much attention to the blog, but I plan to be spending more time trying to improve the blog in the future.

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Anonymous11/2/11 00:54
Mr.Bevers, Thank you for your effort to improve the functions of this blog.
I hope this blog will be utilized more because it has many important documents in it.

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A news from Taegu,Gyeongsang-Bukdo.

경북의회독도특위, 독도수호위해 체계적으로 대응
慶尚北道議会独島特委、独島守護に体系的に対応

ニューシース 2011年2月9日

【大邱＝ニューシース】慶尚北道議会独島特別委員会(委員長チョン・チャンゴル)が今年の一年の独島守護のために、体系的な対応として各種懸案事業を取りまとめる。独島特委は、9日午前に開かれた第245回臨時回会議で慶尚北道環境海洋山林局から独島守護関連の業務報告を受けて、日本の独島侵奪野欲に対して、より攻撃的で体系的に対応して行くことにした。
　これに関し、特委は、まず来月2～4日に鬱陵島、独島の現地を訪問、日本の歴史歪曲に対する決議文採択、関係機関との懇談会、独島事業現場の実態把握、李奎遠検察使行跡踏査などをすることにした。また、特委委員たちが7~8月頃中央部処と国会を訪問し、関連事業が最初の計画どおりに推進されるように建議することにした。現在、独島現場管理事務所と独島防波堤、総合海洋科学基地建設などの関連事業は、中央省庁間の異見、外交的問題などで事業が遅延または留保とされている。

　一方、この日、イ・ヨンジン委員は独島住民増員に関連して住民登録事項の検討と浦項旅客ターミナルに独島を知らせる広告看板の設置を特に注文した。また、ハン・チャンファ委員は国旗掲揚台に慶北道旗と鬱陵郡旗の設置の必要性を、イ・タル委員は国費関連予算執行事項に関心を、チェ・ウソプ委員は独島史料研究に関心を持つよう要請した。その外、イ・ワンシク委員及びイ・ヨンジン委員は、鬱陵島住民の輸送船便における大雅海運業社の独占を指摘して複数業者の選定で自律競争を誘導し、低価格で鬱陵島と独島旅行が活性化するようにしてほしいと注文をつけた。

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「より攻撃的に」と言いながら内向きの施策ばかりでは面白くない。もっと派手にやってほしい。がんばれ慶尚北道。

Makotoさん、mini-lightさんは難しい文献の話はめんどくさいので安直に書けるテーマを思案中の模様。

2011.02.11
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Gerry Bevers11/2/11 05:13
You're welcome, Chaamiey.

I want to try to organize things so that people can quickly find the maps and documents they are looking for.
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Kaneganese11/2/11 10:56
Hi, Gerry

Glad you guys are doing fine.

Could you change from "time" to "day/month/year" which appears at the end of comments, so that we don't need to write when the comments made.

As you may have noticed, recently, Yahoo!BBS disappeared since there were no comments for a few days. That made our blog only active place left for Japanese who are interested in Takeshima issue and can discuss actively. We really need to keep on this, Gerry.
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Gerry Bevers11/2/11 11:41
Thank you, Kaneganese.

That is too bad about the Yahoo! site. I do not understand why they would delete it so quickly.

Anyway, it is good to know that many of the people who were posting there are still posting here.

As for the date, does everyone want it Day/Month/Year? It seems like I changed it once before.

How have you been doing?
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Kaneganese11/2/11 12:32
We've been through a hardest time in my life last year, but everything is settled now, thanks.

As for the time thing, we really need to change it since we have to put it manually like this ↓

2011.2.11

I always forget it, though.

Anyway, the blog seems much better now. The news flash contains Japanese news as well and it looks fresh. And I was surprised to know that my Japanese Index is the most popular post.
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Gerry Bevers11/2/11 12:46
Kaneganese,

So that means you want it Year/Month/Day, not Day/Month/Year?
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Kaneganese11/2/11 14:10
Gerry,

I think Day/Month/Year is best for this blog. I used Year/Month/Day simply because it is Japanese habit/custom. How dose Korean write?
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Gerry Bevers11/2/11 15:29
Kaneganese,

I chose a Day/Month/Year format, but the year is only the two number version. There was no 4-number year version, except for the Mon/Day/Year version.

Koreans usually write Year/Month/Day.
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Kaneganese11/2/11 17:16
Thanks, Gerry

Two number'll do and it looks so good. I really appreciate it.
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NE Shore of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도)

This satellite photo shows Ulleungdo's neighboring islands of Gwaneumdo (觀音島) and Jukdo (竹島) off Ulleungdo's east shore. Gwaneumdo is only about 100 meters offshore and looks more like a cape than an island. Jukdo is about 2 km offshore. The old Korean name for Jukdo was "Usando" (于山島), as many of Korea's old maps show. Koreans claim that Usando was Korea's old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but they have no documents or maps to prove it. Also, Liancourt Rocks is about ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo and are essentially two islands, but all of Korea's old maps show it as one island just off shore of Ulleungdo.

"Cheonggudo" (靑邱圖) Atlas (1860 - 1872)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed it with a small island off its eastern shore labeled as "Usan" (于山). Hash marks at the bottom of the map showed that Usan was less than 4 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. That would mean that it would be Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo, which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but Dokdo is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo and is essentially two islands, not one. The map is stored in the National Library of Korea.

"Cheonggudo" (靑邱圖) Atlas (1834)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed Usan (于山 - 우산) as a neighboring island just off Ulleungdo's east shore. The hash marks at the bottom of the map showed the island to be about 4 km offshore. Usando was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo, which is about 2.2 km of Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old Korean name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), which is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map and many others prove that claim false. The map is stored in Seoul National University's Kyujanggak Center for Korean Studies.

"Dong Yeodo" (東輿圖) Atlas (1795 - 1800)

This map showed Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a neighboring island labeled as "Usan" (于山 - 우산). Usando (于山島) was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), which is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map and many others prove that claim wrong. The map is stored in Japan's "University of Tsukuba Library" (筑波大学附属図書館).

"Joseon-do" (朝鮮圖) - 1800 - 1822

This map of Ullelungdo (鬱陵島) is from the Korean atlas "Joseon-do" (朝鮮圖), which is believed to have been made sometime between 1800 and 1822. Ulleungdo is shown with a neighboring island labeled as Usan (于山). Koreans claim that Usando (于山島) was the old Korean name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map and many others show that it was Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島), which is Ulleungdo's largest neighboring island and only two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. The map is stored in the Osaka Nakanoshima Library (中之島圖書館).

"Gwandong Bangyeo" (關東方輿) - late 1800s?)

This map of Ulleungdo comes from an atlas entitled "Gwandong Bangyeo" (關東方輿), which was probably made in the late 1800s since the map is very similarly to another map of Ulleungdo that was made between 1884 and 1894. The mapmaker used gridlines to help show relative size and distance. The map shows Ulleungdo with a small island off its east shore labeled as "Usan" (于山), which was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도). Jukdo is Ulleungdo's largest neighoring island and is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old Korean name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but they have no maps or documents to prove it. The map is stored in the Korean National Library.

"Joseon Jido" (朝鮮地圖) Atlas (1750 - 1768)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed "Usan" (于山 - 우산) as a neighboring island. The grid lines on the map helped show the small island's relative distance from Ulleungdo. Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Korean's claim that Usando was the old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but this map and many others prove that claim false.

Inspector's Map of Ulleungdo (1711)

The map is an inspector's map that showed Ulleungdo with an island off its east shore labeled as "the so-called Usando" (所謂于山島). The small island was also labeled as having "fields of haejang bamboo" (海長竹田). Koreans claim that Usando was Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map shows that it could not have been Dokdo since Dokdo is just rocks without the soil to grow haejang bamboo. Also, Usando was shown as a neighboring island of Ulleungdo, but Dokdo is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo. Stored in Seoul Nat'l University's Kyujanggak Institute of Korean Studies.

"Haejwa Jeondo" (海左全圖) - mid 1800s

This old Korean map showed Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a small neighboring island just off its east shore labeled as "Usan" (于山 - 우산). Koreans claim that Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map is evidence against the Korean claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands 92 kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but the Usan on this map is just off Ulleungdo's east shore and is only one island. In fact, Usando was the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is only two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore.

Carte de la Coree (1846)

This map was made iin 1846 by Kim Dae-geon (金大建), who was Korea's first Catholic priest. He made this map for the benefit of the French priest he works with. He was killed by the Joseon government the same year this map was made. The map shows Ulleungdo labeled in French as "Oulangto" and its neighboring island of Usando labeled as "Ousan." Koreans claim that Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rock), but this map shows Usando as one island just of the east shore of Ulleungdo. That tells us that Usando was almost certainly Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is only 2 kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. Also, this island could not have been Liancourt Rocks since Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands not one. The original of this map is stored in the National Library of France.

Joseon Jeondo (朝鮮全圖) from the "Gakdo Jido" (各道地圖) Atlas (latter 18th c.)

This old Korean map showed an island labeled as "Usando" (于山島 - 우산도) just off the east shore of Ulleundo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도). Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map is more evidence against that claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map shows Usando as one island just off Ulleungdo's east shore. Usando was, in fact, the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. This map is stored in Korea's Yeongnam University Museum.

"Joseon Jido" (朝鮮地圖) Atlas (1898)

"Donggyeong San Cheon - Paldo Jido (東京山川八道地圖) Atlas (date unknown)

"Jeongukdo" (全國圖) from the "Dongguk Daecheondo" (東國大全圖) - 1740

This old Korean map shows Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a small neighboring island just off its east shore labeled as "Usando" (于山島 - 우산도). Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo, but this map is evidence against that claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but the Usando on this map is one island just off the east shore of Ulleungdo. Usando was, in fact, the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. This map is stored in the Korean National Museum.

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10.2.11

Some New Gadgets Added to the Blog

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