A map of Japan produced by the United Kingdom in 1951 shows that Dokdo belongs to South Korea.

 Created just before the San Francisco Peace Conference held in September 1951, Dokdo, marked Takeshima, is included in Korean territory. The part indicated by arrows in the picture is Dokdo Island marked Takeshima. It is fortunate to see that a decisive map confirming that Dokdo is our land without shaking was found in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, and Japan's ambassador to Korea, saying Dokdo is Japanese territory. The San Francisco Treaty signed by the Allies and Japan in 1951 to end World War II only states, "Japan renounces all rights and powers on the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island, Ulleungdo, and Geomundo Island." Since Japan does not mention Dokdo, which is an issue in the treaty, it claims that when Korea becomes independent from Japan, it was separated only from Ulleungdo Island and that Dokdo remains. Moreover, there has been some evidence against South Korea. President Syngman Rhee asked to insert Dokdo into the treaty at the time of the San Francisco Treaty, but it was rejected. President Rhee Syng-man asked the U.S. State Department to specify Dokdo as there is a possibility of conflict in the future, but at the time, the U.S. State Department refused, saying, "There is no information that Dokdo is a Korean territory." Of course, the problem with this request is that the president asked to specify Tsushima Island as Korean territory. The Korean counterargument to this was a rather poor explanation that the San Francisco Treaty listed only large and important islands as an annex to the Korean Peninsula, but did not mention small unmanned islands such as Dokdo because they did not need to be mentioned. But this is where the twist takes place. This is because Article 67 of the "Skepin," which announced all regulations applicable to Japan in January 1946, when Japan surrendered unconditionally and MacArthur ruled Japan, clearly states that Japanese territory does not include Joseon's Jeju Island, Ulleungdo, and Dokdo. The San Francisco Treaty is not a valid interpretation of Dokdo because the parent law already states that Dokdo is a Korean territory even if Japan becomes independent of the U.S. military government. Unless there is a declaration that the parent law has been abolished, it means that the definition of Japanese territory under Article 67 of the Skepin is correct. However, a map discovered by Professor Chung Byung-joon in February 2005 confirms that the Allied Powers did not vaguely deal with Dokdo, but clearly drew a line that it was not Japanese territory. A map drawn up by the British government in March 1951, just before the signing of the San Francisco Treaty, clearly excludes Dokdo from Japanese territory marked with lines. This map is the only map drawn up in the preparation process for the San Francisco Treaty signed by the Allies and defeated Japan on September 8, 1951, and is clearly included in the draft San Francisco Treaty submitted by the British government to the U.S. government. Therefore, scholars recognize the map as a decisive factor in Japan's claim of sovereignty over Dokdo, claiming that there is no clear provision in the San Francisco Treaty, which establishes and binds international order in East Asia after World War II. The sharp conflict between Korea and Japan over Dokdo can be said to have provided a new turning point with the discovery of this map, which scientists recently discovered while studying Dokdo and other East Sea. First of all, the ecosystem along the coast of Dokdo is changing, and there is a possibility that enormous resources exist around Dokdo, and what is even more surprising is that the East Sea that separates Korea and Japan will disappear and Japan will compete with Korea. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The original source of the Korea Maritime Research Institute is the briefing of the government.