When I was young, maybe too young to care, I’ve heard from my parents that Manchuria used to belong to Korea. I used to think, ‘oh that’s cool’ and just move on. But, I came across this article and found out the real history. Essentially, a chunk Manchuria really did belong to Korea, but Japan, when it used to occupy Korea, ceded that area to China in a treaty to gain earning rights to build railroads. The United Nations declared that treaty was null and void because the treaty was a forced one. Now, China is pouring an enormous amount of money to distort the history claiming that the area which used to belong to Korea was part of China’s ancient history in their new school text books.
http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=1009
What do you think about this? And, what do you think the resolution should be?
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korea.. facing another territorial issue. maybe japan can compensate that much of their land and see how they feel. hahaha, i'm not going deep with this, cuz it's friday!!!
Korea belongs to China!
wtf you saying? It never been part of China you ignorant fuck. It's a communist country. Korea's democratic.
I read that Goguryeo and Balhae used to occupy much of Manchuria and eastern Russia. These northern parts seem to be much more of a brother country after all those years. I don't recall any of the maps of Joseon occupying what we call Manchuria today. And I am referring to official maps made in Korea by official cartographers during the Joseon dynasty, not maps made by foreigners who would not necessarily know the area, much less the actual geo-political concepts of the region. The subject is interesting, so if there is more information on the subject (particularly if you can dig up some of those primary sources) it would be greatly appreciated!
Ummmm. Korea was under China and Japan made China recognize its independance. Manchuria is (or was) Manchurian people's land. It's like saying that Korea belongs to United States. Very very twisted nationalism dear. Don't make Koreans look bad.
It’s truely it is.When early 20centuries,Manchuria belongs to The Qing dynasty,and korea just a vassal country of China.AND The japanese invaded Korea and foced China ceded Korea to Japan,and on the same time they ocuppied Manchuria .So Manchuria had never be part of Korea, on the contrary,Korea belonged to China .
Why don't you first worry about getting North Korea back into your territory?