East Sea-Sea of ​​OO instead of Sea of ​​Japan? Concluding a new notation

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There is a standard chart book that contains the names of seas around the world published by the International Hydrographic Organization.

In this atlas, our East Sea has been marked as the Sea of ​​Japan for over 90 years, and today (16th) it will be decided whether or not to revise this book.

It is highly likely that all seas, including the East Sea, will be replaced with unique numbers.

This is reporter Minjung Kim.

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International Hydrographic Organization is discussing whether to revise the'standard chart book' at a non-face-to-face general meeting from today to the day after tomorrow.

If an amendment is decided, it is likely that the revised edition will contain the names of the world's seas numerically.

Then, the East Sea will be marked with a'unique identification number' in the same way as'Hundred Seas'.

Since its first edition in 1929, the International Standard Chartered Book has marked the East Sea as'Sea of ​​Japan'.

Japan has been claiming that the international designation of the East Sea should be the'Sea of ​​Japan', using this chart book as the basis.

On the other hand, since 1997, the Korean government has urged the International Hydrographic Organization to mark'East Sea' and'Sea of ​​Japan' together.

In the wake of the 2017 International Hydrographic Organization's general meeting, the two countries began negotiating under the water on this issue.

However, until last year, an agreement was not reached, and the Secretary-General of the International Hydrographic Organization came up with a proposal for a method of marking it with a'unique number' instead of a nomination.

The Korean government says that international Hydrographic Organization member states prefer a unique number for reasons such as that it is more suitable for a digital environment, and the revision is expected to be promising.

Today, more than 90 member states from around the world participate in the International Hydrographic Organization General Assembly, and the conclusion is expected to come out tomorrow morning in our time.