이어도와 이어도과학기지에 대한 역사학적 인식: 동아시아 해역 갈등의 해법 모색을 위해

Abstract

China declared ADIZ(Air Defense Identifcation Zone) over the sky of the East Sea of China. The new ADIZ covered Senkaku Islands(尖閣列島)/Diaoyudao(釣魚島) where there is sovereignty conflicts between Japan and China, and it also covered Ieodo where Korean ocean research station is. While Ieodo is covered by all three ADIZ of Korea, China and Japan, this article tries to find out a solution to the conflict over the east asian sea by analyzing Ieodo based on Historical folklore perspective. Ieodo and surrounding sea is perceived as an economically, scientifically and militarily important region. In historical view, Ieodo was first reported in 1868(고종 5년). Then, British navy marked Ieodo as 'Socotra Rock' on marine chart in 1901 after british merchant ship named Socotra collided with the rock in 1900. Japan was the first nation to plan to build an aritificial structure on Socotra Rock. In 1938, Japan had planned establishing a 920km long submarine cable connecting Nagasaki - Goto - Jeju island - Socotra Rock - Huaniaoshan Island - Shanghai but was never carried on due to the Pacific War. After regaining independence in 1945, Rhee Syng-man(이승만) government tried to explore Ieodo but failed. Park Jung-hee(박정희) government also failed in 1973 but by 1977, they saw Ieodo as not a subject for sovereignty but a subject for economic zone. In May, 1984, KBS expedition reported a submerged rock which found out to be Socotra Rock and by January 2001, it was named Ieodo after utopian island of people of Jeju islands' imagination. In 2003, Ieodo ocena research center was built and the station collects and provides information on a real-time basis which is required for ocean and weather forecast, fishery forecast, response to the global environmental challenges, safety of marine transportation, coastal disaster prevention and climate change prediction.