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#KoreanSea #KoreaSea #WhaleSea #KangHyoBaek #WhyKoreaSeaNotEastSea #MakingBooks #ReviewTeam There’s even a song saying Dokdo is Korean territory. An annual speech contest about Dokdo is held for international students in Korea, and winners sometimes visit the island. There are also children’s writing contests and various promotional projects—all part of many efforts to protect Dokdo. But this book made me realize that it isn’t enough to vaguely shout that Dokdo is ours; we need to know the
I read the author’s Facebook post about the Korean Sea and thought I had to read the book when it came out. Thank you.
Kang Hyo-baek: Korea Sea
In Korea Sea, author Kang Hyo-baek draws on abundant historical sources and extensive old maps to correct the maritime name buried in the East Sea and make a multifaceted, wide-ranging case for restoring Korea’s maritime territory. The book traces the changing names of our sea over time. It ranges across historical records and documents, as well as familiar works such as The Travels of Willem Barentsz (Hamel’s Journal), Gulliver’s Travels, and Moby-Dick, identifying mistaken claims and rekindling readers’ interest and curiosity. The author’s passion and persistence are evident in maps and historical records from Western countries, China, and Japan; they provide undeniable evidence for his forceful argument. Correcting the name East Sea to Korean Sea is not merely a matter of renaming one body of water, but of restoring and expanding our maritime territory. There are clear and reasonable grounds to call it the Korean Sea instead of the East Sea, the Yellow Sea instead of the West Sea, and the Korea Strait instead of the South Sea.
Korean title: 한국해 KOREA SEA
Korean author: 강효백
Korean publisher: 메이킹북스
ISBN-13: 9791167915382
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#KoreanSea #KoreaSea #WhaleSea #KangHyoBaek #WhyKoreaSeaNotEastSea #MakingBooks #ReviewTeam There’s even a song saying Dokdo is Korean territory. An annual speech contest about Dokdo is held for international students in Korea, and winners sometimes visit the island. There are also children’s writing contests and various promotional projects—all part of many efforts to protect Dokdo. But this book made me realize that it isn’t enough to vaguely shout that Dokdo is ours; we need to know the
I read the author’s Facebook post about the Korean Sea and thought I had to read the book when it came out. Thank you.
