By This has as much of chance of happening as Japan ever seiizing control of Dokdo:
Ten NGOs filed a petition with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week to seek global recognition of Gando, in the northeastern region of China, as part of the Korean territory. Lawmakers have issued a resolution to reclaim Gando but the South Korean government has remained cool to the diplomatically sensitive issue.
The civilian movement has been gathering momentum as this month marks the centenary of the Gando Convention signed between Japan and China.
On Sept. 4, 1909, Tokyo and Beijing signed the convention, which recognized China’s territorial rights over the northeastern region of Gando, territory regarded as Korean from ancient times until Korea lost its sovereignty to Japan in 1910.
A century after what Koreans call a “null and void” agreement, activists and experts are staging arduous campaigns aimed at reclaiming Gando, currently occupied by China. As many as 100,000 Koreans made a living there in the late 1800s.
Maps produced in the 16th century and 1910 have supported Korea’s case on Gando, clearly defining the area as part of the Korean territory.
“On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Convention, we are determined to seek global recognition of Gando as Korean territory and renew the world’s attention to the territorial dispute between China and Korea,” a spokesman for the movement said in a press conference last week in Seoul. [Korea Times]
Netizens in both China and Korea should have a lot of fun with this I’m sure. I’m just find interesting that this group is taking the Gando issue to the ICJ, but not one group has tried to bring the Dokdo issue to the ICJ.
11:53 am on September 9th, 2009 1
Interesting how Koreans always talk about how Japan seeks to expand their territory, yet it is always the Koreans who are seeking to expand.
Of course now that they will get laughed at by the ICJ, they will claim that the ICJ is against them. LOL
1:00 pm on September 9th, 2009 2
In view of Korean history and some Chinese claims, I for one am glad to see the Koreans striking back. This was Korean territory for 100s (if not thousands) of years, and part of the nation of Korea. (A people united by culture, ancestry and language).
2:55 pm on September 9th, 2009 3
I got a map that shows that Texas is part of Mexico, and another that shows Alaska is part of Russia. So, I guess you better give them back.
3:07 pm on September 9th, 2009 4
I don’t support this.
This is a blind and immature nationalism that will lead Korea to nowhere but more trouble. These guys are just seeking publicity.
Regarding Dokdo, Japanese claim to go to ICJ is just rhetoric. If they really believe in the court, they would have submitted their island dispute with China to ICJ too, to give the example to Korea.
Just like the case of Dokdo, Japan possesses the Diaoyu island and China is claiming sovereignty over the island, however Japan refuses to submit the case before the ICJ because they say there are no dispute with China over the island, so there are no reason to go to ICJ (and that's the same answer Korea gives to Japan).
5:07 pm on September 9th, 2009 5
Japan insists the Dokdo issue be settled at the ICJ because South Korea now controls and possesses the islets. China, not Japan, has to submit the case to the ICJ because Japan controls and posseses Diaoyu. China will never bring any territorial dispute to the ICJ since they illegally occupy vast territories such as Tibet, Uigur and ilands disputed with Vietnam and the philippines.
6:38 pm on September 9th, 2009 6
Korea will back down to China. A dog knows her master.
10:12 pm on September 9th, 2009 7
See, here's the weird thing about the ICJ – both parties have to agree to get the case heard. BOTH parties. It's not like I can sue you and make you show up in court (or get a default judgement based on your absence). If the ICJ is *actually* hearing the case, that would be the newsworthy event.
But China will never agree to it – they have nothing to gain and everything to lose. That's the same reason Korea doesn't want to go to the ICJ regarding Dokdo/Takeshima/Liancourt Rocks; for Japan, they have everything to gain and nothing to lose by their efforts.
10:37 pm on September 9th, 2009 8
Yes…. we know Chris.
By the way, I hear VANK is giving away its propaganda awards, and you got your "30 pieces of gold".
Congrats…
2:26 am on September 10th, 2009 9
And your maps would have been correct. But, Texas fought for its independance with mexico. That didn't happen with Korea. Alaska was sold to the US by the Russians. That didn't happen with Korea either. The kingdom of Korea defined by language, culture, ancestry and rule, was forcibly taken from the Kingdom by the Chinese.
6:39 pm on September 10th, 2009 10
If Korea wants it bad enough they should just annex it.
12:15 pm on September 11th, 2009 11
If Korea was going to back down, they wouldn't have raised the issue in the first place. Its actually a wise move considering the eminant collapse of North Korea. China has raised soverenty issues over Korea in the past and many Chinese believe North Korea is historically Chinese territory. This would even the odds in any international court.
1:29 pm on September 11th, 2009 12
"Its actually a wise move considering the eminant collapse of North Korea."
Interesting comment.
1:47 pm on September 11th, 2009 13
I say China gets North Korea and South Korea gets Dokdo.
7:28 pm on November 25th, 2011 14
Lordofe2,
i think is better for you to study the issue,
your comment is inapropriate and misconducted.
7:49 pm on November 25th, 2011 15
Wouldn’t that make Vladivostok Korean?