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Dokdo is Korean Territory

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Dokdo is Korean Territory

In 1900, the Daehan Empire declared to the world Imperial Ordinance No.41 in the Daehan Empire
Gazette No.1716. Imperial Ordinance No.41 changed UIIeungdo's name to UIdo and elevated its
status, and renamed the title of its magistrate. In article 2 of the ordinance, the magistrate office
was designated as Daehadong, and was siven administration of all of ULLeungdo Island and the
islands of Jukdo and Seokdo. Here, Jukdo refers to an island 2km from ULLeungdo, While seokdo is
Dokdo. Throughout Joseon era, Dokdo was usually called Usando, but its name was changed
during an 1882 meeting between King Gojong and ULLeungdo imperial inspector Yi Gyu-won,
when Gojong said ULLeung-do, jukdo and songdo (Dokdo) should be combined and referred to as
a whole as ULLeungdo. Later, it is presumed that the name of Songdo was discarded as a Japanese
name. Because ULLeungdo residents called Dokdo "Dolseom," this became Dokseom in some
regional dialects, and eventually settlde on Dokdo, its current name. The first time the name appeared
in documents was in 1904, when the Japanese warship Niitaka noted Koreans called the islets
Dokdo. the first Korean document to mention it was a 1906 report from ULLeungdo magistrate
Sim Heung-teak in which he called the islets by the name Dokdo. this proves that the name Dokdo
had already settled into use sometime before. Seokdo is how you transcribe Dolseom in Chinese
characters.