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301: 315: 20: 275:. Representations over this issue were received from many other governments, and clarifications were made noting that the Proclamation stated it "does not interfere with the rights of free navigation on the high seas" so the Proclamation did not "mean extension of territorial waters into the high seas". The "peace line", however covered even more of the high seas than the area delineated by General MacArthur. It claimed an area averaging 60 937: 460: 349:
United States to intervene on the issue, regarding it as bilateral. The conflict also became an issue of nationalism for Japan and South Korea so that, in the course of their negotiations during the postwar years, any semblance of compromise or concession amounted to treason in both countries. The process took 14 years, five Japanese Prime Ministers, and three South Korean Presidents.
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According to the demand of the South Korean government, Japanese government released 472 ethnic Korean criminals in Japan who had been imprisoned as a serious criminal or a habitual criminal and granted them the special permission of residence in exchange for the restoration of Japanese detainees.
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The United States Government has consistently taken the position that the unilateral proclamation of sovereignty over the seas is illegal and that the fisheries dispute between Japan and Korea should be settled on the basis of a fisheries conservation agreement that would protect the interests of
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The fishing boats - which were mostly Japanese - that violated the boundary line were seized by South Korea. This often transpired using the patrol boats provided by the United States. Japanese records claim that such ships were often fired upon. The Japanese government protested the seizures and
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Solving the issue of the Syngman Rhee Line required many years. Obstacles to its settlement included the fact that there were no formal diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea at the time, that normalization talks were complicated by various compensation claims, and the refusal of the
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in 1965. By the time an agreement was reached, 328 Japanese ships were seized, with 3,929 Japanese arrested, resulting in 44 casualties (deaths and injuries). Japan also prohibited its fishing gear manufacturers from exporting to South Korea and stopped importing South Korean products.
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It also became apparent that Rhee was no longer addressing the Korean security or the threat of communism because the declaration's main target was Japan. In initial statements, Rhee maintained that the purpose of the line was to protect Korea's marine resources around the
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The Proclamation asserted that the "Government of the Republic of Korea holds and exercises the national sovereignty" over the maritime area, suggesting the claim was for a wide extension of
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South Korea refused an enforced repatriation to South Korea of illegal immigrants, serious criminals and political offenses.
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January 12, 1953: South Korea government ordered to seize a Japanese fishing boat that went into the Syngman Rhee Line.
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January 18, 1952: The South Korean government declares the Syngman Rhee Line as an alternative to the MacArthur line.
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January 29, 1946 Governmental and Administrative Separation of Certain Outlying Areas from Japan went into effect.
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August 13, 1948: The Republic of Korea is founded and Syngman Rhee was sworn in as first president of South Korea.
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unilateral declaration strongly, but the abolition of the line had to wait even for the approval of the
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1954 In the Report of Van Fleet Mission to Far East written by US special mission ambassador
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Island Disputes and Maritime Regime Building in East Asia: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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The Resolution of the Territorial Dispute Between Korea and Japan Over the Liancourt Rocks
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1965 Japan-Korea Fishery Agreement was concluded and the Syngman Rhee Line was repealed.
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July 19, 1951: South Korea demands that the MacArthur line stay in effect.
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Secretariat of the House of Representatives of Japan December 12, 1955.
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Map showing the Syngman Rhee Line (blue line around Korean Peninsula)
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August 10, 1951 US government rejects South Korea's demands by the
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The 23rd Diet Standing Committee on Judicial Affairs minutes third
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Seizure of Japanese ships by the Korea Coast Guard (December 1953)
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Japan and China as Charm Rivals: Soft Power in Regional Diplomacy
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April 28, 1952: The Treaty of Peace with Japan becomes effective.
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Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea
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should continue to be enforced. On August 10, 1951, however, the
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June 22, 1946 Area Authorized for Japanese Fishing and Whaling.
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A Japanese demonstration against the line (September 15, 1953)
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Presidential Proclamation of Sovereignty over Adjacent Seas
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Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
Korean
Hanja
South Korean
Syngman Rhee
Korean
Hanja
territorial waters
Korean Peninsula
Liancourt Rocks
Korean War
Douglas MacArthur
Korean peninsula
MacArthur line
United States
Yang You Chan
Rusk documents
Treaty of San Francisco
sovereignty
territorial waters
nautical miles
of Japan

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