Why South Korea wants a tiny piece of Russia

Russia is a country which has multiple border disputes with its neighbours, and soon there might be another one with a country which doesn’t technically have a border with Russia: South Korea. Subject of this developing territorial dispute is the former island known as Noktundo or No’ktundo (Ноктундо in Russian and 녹둔도 in Korean).

Since mediaeval times, Noktundo was a remote outpost of the Korean state (Chosen or Joeson). However, centuries later, when the Tuman river (or Tumen river) began changing its course, the island became permanently attached to the mainland which would become Russian territory in 1860 after the treaty of Aigun. Since then, the territory has been under Russian control - but recently voices calling for the return of Noktundo to South Korea are getting louder in the South Korean media and public.

In this video we’ll take a look at what this conflict is really all about, how it developed and what it means for the future of East Asian security politics - all through hopefully entertaining countryballs or polandballs.
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Timestamps:

0:00​ Introduction
2:19 History
7:48 Current situation
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Sources:

Nianshen Song (2018) Making Borders in Modern East Asia: The Tumen River Demarcation, 1881-1919. Cambridge University Press.

Ivanov A. (2011) The problem of the Noktundo Island in the media in South Korea. Asia Pacific International Relations Study Center.

Byung Yool Ban (2010) The Formation and Changes of the Korean Village, Krasnoe Selo at the Mouth of the Tuman River in the Russian Maritime Province (Primorye).
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