Major Activities The Society for EAST SEA

    Research & Publication

    The Society for East Sea conducts research to clarify the history and legitimacy of the name of the East Sea at the request of a government agency, and publishes the results as a booklet, and uses it as promotional material for the East Sea.
    Since 2013, the papers and discussion points of the international seminar held that year have been collected and published as a book and distributed to domestic and foreign institutions and libraries.
    In 2021, a book composed of 16 chapters and one Discussion was published by members of the Society for East Sea on the current status and tasks of the spread of the East Sea name.

    PUBLICATION

    • - The Name East Sea: Achievement and Prospects, 2021
    • - International Seminar on Sea Names: A Roundtable Discussion, 2012
    • - East Sea and Dokdo Workshop: The East Sea and Korean Life, 2011
    • - East Sea, 2007
    • - The name "East Sea" has been used for 2,000 years, 2005
    • - East Sea in Old Western Maps with Emphasis on the 17th to 18th Centuries, 2004
    • - East Sea: The Name East Sea used for Two Millennia, 2003
    • - East Sea in World Maps, 2002
    • - The Historical Precedent for the “East Sea”, 1998