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).

3rd Dokdo History Essay Competition Winner- English Div. Middle School : 3rd Place Nolan Shultis

KCHEFNE June 28, 2015 3rd Dokdo History Essay Competition Winner- English Div. Middle School : 3rd Place Nolan Shultis2016-12-14T20:17:11-05:00 Award winner No Comment

My name is Nolan and I am 13th yr old. I am going to be an 8th grader at Academy for Science and Design. I enjoy reading and playing games on computer. I like skiing and swimming.

I am excited to win this award. While writing this paper I learned a lot about Korean culture. I was surprised to find out countries still, even today come into conflict over their borders. Thank you for reading my paper.

English Div. Middle School :
3rd Place
Nolan Shultis