Korean Culture, History and Education Foundation of New England

About the History of the Dokdo Island Historically, Dokdo has been part of Korean territory since 512 (the 13th year of the reign of Silla King Jijeung), when Silla absorbed Usanguk. This fact is recorded twice in Samguksagi (The History of Three Kingdoms, 1145): Volume 4 Sillabon-gi (Silla's records) and Volume 44 Yisabujeon (The Biography of Yi Sabu). Usanguk included Ulleungdo and Usando (called Matsushima in Japan before 1880) when it was absorbed by Silla, which is recorded in a number of ancient texts including Sejongsillokjiriji (Gazetteer of the Annals of King Sejong, 1454) published in 1481; Sinjeungdonggukyeojiseungnam (Augmented Survey of the Geography of Korea) published in 1530; Man-giyoram (Guidebook of State Affairs, 1808); and Jeungbomunheonbigo (The Augmented Reference Compilation of Documents, 1908).

2015, 3rd Annual Dokdo History Essay Rankings

KCHEFNE June 21, 2015 2015, 3rd Annual Dokdo History Essay Rankings2026-07-14T15:27:40-04:00 Events No Comment

▶ Special Award- Consul General Award 총영사상

Alen Dizdarevic

▶ Korean Entries : (Middle School/High School/College/Adult )

1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Honorable Mention
Kang Ho Jong	Jung Eun Cho	Oh Eun Bi	Hyunjae Kim Sin, Bo Ra Chun, Anan

▶ English Entries– Middle School

1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Honorable Mention
Yeongyu Park	Nathan Yeung	Nolan Shultis	Martina Palomares Melissa Davis

▶ English Entries- High School

1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Honorable Mention
Kristina Fields	Jung In Yang	Namratha Sajeev	Emily Han Uhr Yoon Suk James Fields

▶ English Entries- College.Adult

1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Honorable Mention
Lindsey Rieder	Amanda Huff	Marta Mohammadi	Amory Raymond Austin Cooper