We must regain the land of Korea.
- Guido Recall Campaign Headquarters - www.gando.or.kr
What is a foreword? This name, which is unfamiliar to the ear, is our old land north of the Yalu River and Tumen River, which have now become Chinese territory. The land north of the Yalu River and Tumen River, which we recognize as Manchuria, was the origin of our people and the territory of Gojoseon, Goguryeo, and Balhae. However, this land was not only vaguely distant, but was our territory that we pioneered and exercised actual territorial rights, being called Gando in the state of territorial disputes with the Qing Dynasty until the end of the modern Joseon Dynasty. However, the Japanese colonial government, which stole Korea's diplomatic rights, crossed over the territory of Gando to this day in exchange for various privileges such as the Manchurian Railway and mining rights from the Qing Dynasty. The Gando Convention signed by Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905, which is invalid under international law, is of course invalid, and we must notify China of the invalidation of the Gando Convention and make practical efforts to regain the Gando land. As South Korea's reunification becomes visible, the Chinese side is trying to distort history in the name of the Northeast Project and solidify Gando's sovereignty. It is now 100 years since the Gando Agreement was signed in 2009, and our response is more urgent at a time when the implicit prescription of territorial disputes between countries is usually used for 100 years. 1. What is a cadence? A. The origin of the name Gando Originally, the delta between Jongseong and Onseong in the middle of the Tumen River was very fertile, and nearby residents began to cultivate this place around 1870, and this place was called Gando Island. After that, residents between Musan and Onseong were robbed and the fertile land at the eastern foot of Baekdusan Mountain was called Gando Island, which was also called Gando Island because the Korean people reclaimed it. B. Which area is Gando? In a narrow sense, Gando refers to the northern part of the Tumen River, the moving area of the Tumen River, or the northern part of the Tumen River, but in a broad sense, it refers to Nammanju, including Seogando, the northern part of the Yalu River. In other words, the phoenix of Liaodong to the northwest, Gillim to the north, and Yeongil, Yongjeong, and Hwaryong to the northeast, and Hwanin and Family, the early capital of Goguryeo, are also located in Seogando Island. At the time of the Gando dispute, the concept of the Gando name of our ancestors meant an area including Yeonhae, which moved from Tomungang River to Songhwagang River, and each included an alternative to the Yalu River to the area of Gonyo and Shenyang (so-called Simyo Line). 2. The purpose of China's Northeast Project is to permanently occupy the Gando area. - The biggest threat to China, which covers 55 minorities, is the nation's biggest threat to the separation of independence from minority autonomous regions such as Xinjiang Uigru, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Yanbian. - In response, China completed the northwest process of including Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, which were occupied by armed forces in the past, and began the Northeast process to prevent confusion in the region after the establishment of diplomatic ties. - In particular, China, which illegally occupies the Gando area under the Gando Agreement, which is bound to be invalid under international law, clearly recognized that territorial disputes over the Gando area will arise again soon, and began to distort it in earnest. - Out of the 27 major research subjects passed in the Northeast Project, 13 were related to the Northeast frontier Gando problem, 6 were related to Goguryeo and Balhae, and 4 were related to the members of the Gando region. Therefore, it becomes clear that the purpose of the Northeast Project is to solidify the territorial rights of the Gando area illegally occupied by the invalid Gando Convention in 1909. - Wu Dawei, China's vice foreign minister in charge of Asia, strongly demanded that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which protested the distortion of Goguryeo history, "resolve China's concerns about borders and territories in northeastern China and block political calls for a recovery." 3. Overview of the history of Gando's territorial dispute - When the Qing Dynasty conquered Ming in the 1600s, all the Manchus, who became the ruling nation, entered Beijing, and the Manchuria area became empty. - Accordingly, the Qing Dynasty made the area a neutral zone for the independent by installing a book gate (fence) in 1627 when the two countries sealed the area at the confederation of robbers between the Joseon Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. - Until this time, the border between Joseon and the Qing Dynasty was unclear, but according to various ancient maps, the actual border of Joseon was located north of the Yalu River and the Tumen River. - When Russia entered the Heukryong River basin under the Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689, Kang Hee-je of the Qing Dynasty, who was threatened by this, made missionaries produce maps of Baekdusan Mountain and Manchuria to occupy Manchuria, and sent Mokgeukdeung to build a monument to Baekdusan Mountain. - Mokgeukdeung climbed Baekdusan Mountain on May 15, 1712, investigating the water system, and establishing a political monument, refusing to accompany Joseon's representative Park Kwon, and the contents of this inscription were "Dongwitomun Gate" in the west and the Tomun River in the east. - The political monument of Baekdusan Mountain, including Mokgeuk, was a one-sided setting of the Qing Dynasty, and if acknowledged, it would lose the Seogando area north of the Yalu River. However, because it borders the Tomun River in the east, the vast area from the east of the Songhwagang River to Primorsky becomes our land. - As a result, the Tomun River in the east became the seed of a border dispute. Due to the poor harvest in the Bukgwan region in the 1860s, many people moved from Joseon to Gando and began clearing. Meanwhile, with the 1860 Beijing Treaty, the Qing Dynasty illegally handed over our land, Primorsky, and threatened by Russia's advancement, the Qing Dynasty finally lifted the wages of the Gando region and introduced Han people. - When the Qing Dynasty demanded Koreans to retreat south of the Tumen River, border talks were held twice in 1885 and 1887, and the Qing Dynasty overwhelmingly claimed that the Tumen River was a Tumen River, but the border talks broke down when the Joseon Dynasty proved through a joint survey that the Tomun River in Jeonggyebi was a tributary of the Songhwagang River. - In this state, Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905 was signed in 1905, and Japan, which took away Joseon's diplomatic rights, held border talks on behalf of Joseon. In the early days of Japan, Gando claimed to be Joseon land, and in 1907, Gando Temporary Police Station was established and managed in Yongjeong area. - However, Japan, which had to annex Korea while the territorial dispute with the Qing Dynasty, felt burdened to annex the disputed area, and in 1909, it signed a transfer agreement to transfer the Gando area to the Qing Dynasty in return for various benefits (such as Manchurian Railway's right to mine. As a result, the Gando area has been occupied by China so far. 4. Why is Gando our land? A. The Jo-cheong border was not the Yalu River Tumen River, and all were located north of it. - On the map of the Frenchman De Halde, Reggie's memorandum reads, "To the east of Phoenix lies the border of Joseon...According to "Chosun Jeonggyebi District Map (Kyujanggak 15504), "Baekdusan Jeonggyebido (Kyujanggak 26676), and "Joseon Map at the End of Joseon by the Roman Papal Office" (1924), Dongando Island is a moving area of the Tomun River. Among the numerous Western maps based on the Hwangyeo Exhibition of Qing in 1718, Dangville's "Map of the Kingdom of Joseon", 1740's Duald, 1750's Bogondi, and 1794's Wilkins' maps are marked with borders as Donggando Island, which runs from Phoenix in the north of the Yalu River to Yeon-gil above the Tumen River. It can be seen that such a border was valid until the 1909 Gando Agreement was signed. B, We've reclaimed the road ahead of time. - The Gando area, which became a Bonggeum area due to the Gangganghoe Alliance between the Qing Dynasty and Joseon, was a Muju area and jointly managed by the two countries. Muju-ji is preempted by international law and reclaimed first, and our reclamation of Gando Island is meaningful in acquiring territory through the theory of preemption of Muju. C, The Joseon Dynasty exercised practical administrative power. - Even after the construction of the political monument, Gando practically exercised administrative power in Joseon. In 1900 and 1903, the Joseon Dynasty administratively incorporated Seogando Island and Donggando Island (North Gando Island) into Pyeonganbuk-do and Hamgyeong-do Island, and collected taxes from residents to cover administrative and military training expenses. Security and security were also carried out in the area, and Joseon officers prevented Chinese invasion of refugees. This is clearly evidence that it functioned as an administrative unit of the state. - In 1897, the court appointed Seo Sang-moo as the manager of Seobyeongye, and in 1900, Pyeongbuk Observer Lee Do-jae assigned the alternative area of the Yalu River to each county and organized a loyalist. On May 21, 1902, he was appointed as a cadet inspector, and Lee Beom-yoon organized Sapodae, received taxes from Koreans in Gando to cover the expenses, and established barracks in Mojasan Mountain, Maansan Mountain, and Dugu. D. Historical connection to Gando - Among the half-million years of history such as Gojoseon, Goguryeo, and Balhae, the Korean people dominated for more than 3,300 years, and the Dongi people (Yo, Geum, Won) were 724, and the Han people 430 years. In particular, after the Qing Dynasty, the Han people were prohibited from entering, and only 120 years have lived in the current Manchuria area. - During the Goryeo Dynasty, General Yoon Gwan pioneered nine castles and built a border monument at Seonchunryeong, an engineering camp 700 ri north of the Tumen River, and King Gongmin had Yi Seong-gye cross the Yalu River to conquer Dongnyeongbu (Yo and Shim areas) in 1370. In that year, Ji Yong-soo and Lee Seong-gye attacked Sangsuseong Fortress and won a great victory. At this time, Goryeo notified Dongnyeongbu that the Sim and Yo areas were originally Goryeo territory. Also, during King Sejong's reign, Kim Jong-seo pioneered the six camps. 5. The reason why the Gando Agreement is invalid. Based on the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905, which Japan took away the diplomatic rights of Joseon, Japan signed a Gando agreement with the Qing Dynasty on behalf of Joseon, and it has already been confirmed that the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905 itself is a representative international treaty signed forcefully. I. Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905Even if this is valid, the Gando Agreement is not a treaty that increases or maintains the interests of the protected country (Joseon), but a treaty that harms the interests, so it is invalid due to the nature of the protection treaty. C. Even if the Gando Agreement is valid, it is not effective for the Korean Empire, which was excluded as a party, only for the Qing-Japan party (in 1909, the Korean Empire still existed as an independent country). All treaties prior to 1941 were declared invalid between Japan and China, and all treaties prior to August 22, 1910 were also confirmed invalid between Korea and Japan. Accordingly, all treaties and agreements during the past imperial period were invalidated, but only the Gando Agreement is maintained. 6. Current state of affairs on the issue of cadence The Korean government's response to the sovereignty of Gando - After liberation, it was consistent with indifference and response, but only published a collection of Gando data in 1975 by the National Assembly. - In 1992, the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and China did not mention the Gando issue at all, and in particular, the establishment of diplomatic relations clause showed respect for the current territory, resulting in narrowing its position on its own. - Currently, 59 lawmakers signed the National Assembly Standing Committee (Unification, Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee) and the "Resolution for the Invalidation of Source of the Convention on Transitional Measures" has been proposed (September 3, 2004). B. Situation in North Korea - North Korea signed a North-China border treaty with China in the 1960s to finalize its current border. C. The Gando Society was established around the Baeksan Society, which has been steadily interested in the situation of the Korean private sector and the Gando Recovery Movement Headquarters was established at the private level and began full-fledged activities. 7. What should we do in the future? A. The government should officially notify the invalidation of the Gando Agreement. - First of all, it is necessary to invalidate the Gando Agreement illegally concluded between China and Japan and make it a state of territorial dispute before the Gando Agreement. - The resolution on invalidation of the Gando Agreement, which is currently submitted to the National Assembly's Unification and Foreign Affairs Committee, must be passed through the National Assembly's plenary session after the standing committee. - The passage of the resolution invalidating the Gando Convention to the National Assembly has great political significance, but in order to make Gando an international dispute area, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade must officially notify China of the invalidation of the Gando Convention. - In particular, since the 100-year statute of limitations is implicitly used in disputes over sovereignty between countries, urgent action should be taken before 2009, the 100th anniversary of the Convention on Transitional Measures. B. The problem of Koreans living in the Yanbian region - Gando refers to the current Yanbian Korean Autonomous Region in a narrow sense, and the intention of local residents can be an important determinant in the case of territorial disputes between countries. - However, the current Korean-Chinese autonomous district is in danger of disappearing in 10 years due to rapid collapse due to migration to large cities, marriage to Korea, and employment due to China's reform and opening. - In particular, along with the Northeast Project, China specifically provided three-way education (ethnic view, national view, and history view) to ethnic Koreans, which emphasized that the ethnic Koreans were a minority in China, and that only China was its motherland, Gojoseon in the past, and Goguryeo was a local government. - In anticipation of Gando becoming a disputed area in the future, China is carrying out a project to prevent agitation of ethnic Koreans and rapidly Han Chinese. - Therefore, in securing territorial rights to Gando, the project to prevent the collapse of the current Koreans in China and to inspire national consciousness is a very urgent and important task. C. Public relations on Gando and the cohesion of power - Recognizing that the ultimate goal of China's Northeast Project is to solidify the Gando territorial rights, and conversely, we must actively claim Gando's sovereignty. - The contents of Article 3 of the Constitution, which limits our territory to the Korean Peninsula and annexed islands, should be revised to include northern territories, so that the Gando area should be included in textbooks, history books, and various maps. - Currently, most of our people do not even know what Gando is. In order to regain Gando, it is most important to gather strength with interest in Gando and a sense of territory through public relations.