I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 262



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (262)

“International law has limitations and problems in that it has been used as a theoretical basis to justify the acquisition of colonies by imperialist countries. For example, in the Palmas Islands case, which was a territorial dispute between the Netherlands and the United States, arbitrator Max Huber first proposed the concept of a sign of sovereignty.”

This is the University of Georgia in the United States,

Professor Dean Rusk lectured on international law to his students.

AOPR has suppressed the far left in Colombia and even eliminated the government. So who will rule Colombia in the future?

Dean Rusk cited the Palmas Island incident as an example.

The Palmas Island incident was an international dispute between the United States and the Netherlands over the sovereignty of the island of Palmas (now Miangas Island, Indonesia) in the Dutch East Indies.

After winning the Spanish-American War, the United States received Spain’s overseas colonies through the Treaty of Paris in December 1898.

One of them was the Philippine Islands, and since Palmas Island was also part of the Philippines, the U.S. government believed that Palmas Island had also been ceded from Spain.

However, the Dutch flag still flew on the island of Palmas, and the case was heard by a Swiss arbitrator, Max Huber, chosen by mutual agreement between the two sides.

So what was the result?

First of all, Max Hoover did not recognize ‘contiguity’ as territory.

“Let’s say there is an island in the middle of the ocean. If there is a country nearby that owns a huge continent, does that island belong to the continental country?

“Sovereignty over a territory is determined by which country discovered it first and has continuously exercised sovereignty over it. An island cannot be considered mine simply because it is close to my territory.”

America has eaten up the Philippines and Palmas Island is close to the Philippines.

Does that mean the United States can claim sovereignty over that land?

When the United States first discovered the Isla Palmas, the Dutch flag was flying, meaning that the United States had no basis for claiming the land.

In the end, the island of Palmas belonged to the Netherlands, not the United States. So was this international law consistently applied?

The person who broke this rule is Professor Dean Rusk, who is currently teaching the course.

“Dokdo is not mentioned in the list of islands to be returned to Korea. Therefore, Dokdo belongs to Japan.”

“Japan’s argument makes sense.”

It’s been almost 40 years, but Koreans still remember this incident.

In the Treaty of San Francisco, Japan completely renounced its sovereignty over the Korean Peninsula and other islands, but Dokdo was not on the list.

Dokdo is a land that Korea has historically recognized as its own territory.

However, Dean Rusk insisted that Korea was not aware of Dokdo until 1905 and had no right to claim sovereignty over it.

Moreover, he even conveyed his position to the Japanese government in his capacity as Assistant Secretary of State, which became the basis for the right wing to insist that Dokdo is Japanese territory.

An incident that is difficult to understand from Korea’s perspective.

Some people say that Dokdo is our territory because it is close to Korea, but such words have no meaning in an international court.

Dokdo is 87km away from Ulleungdo? It is 157km away from Japan’s Oki Islands? Such proximity does not apply in an international court.

It is judged only by how long the land has been ruled stably,

But here again there is a problem.

Of the 3,000 or so islands on the Korean Peninsula, only about 400 are inhabited. Does that mean the Korean government cannot claim ownership of the remaining 2,600 or so islands?

However, the San Francisco Treaty clearly states that ‘the islands belonging to the Korean Peninsula are transferred to the Korean Peninsula.’

Do you think the United States and Japan would have made such a treaty while being conscious of international law?

It’s funny how they do things their own way and then talk about international law when problems arise later.

And Professor Dean Rusk, who was at the center of it all, had a strong dislike for Korea.

Not only in the Dokdo issue, but also when North Korea provoked South Korea, instead of defending South Korea’s position, they took an attitude of appeasing North Korea.

Of course, the U.S. government dismissed Dean Rusk’s claim, correcting the error by saying that Rusk’s opinion that Dokdo is Japanese territory was not the official position of the U.S. government.

This is the real reason why Korea still considers Dokdo as its territory.

International trials and such were never important from the beginning.

It is important which country defends Korea’s position. Isn’t it thanks to America’s defense that Israel can occupy other people’s land and make a big fuss?

So what will happen to Colombia, which has become a blank space?

Professor Dean Rusk continued his explanation based on his own experience.

“I’m sorry to say this to you all, but… I don’t know why we need to learn international law. International law has no meaning in the face of the interests of powerful countries. I claimed that Dokdo is Japanese territory based on international law, but the minister overturned that. If you become bureaucrats in the United States in the future, you will often have this kind of experience.”

This remark caused a huge stir in the United States.

On what basis does a mere vice minister send a letter to Japan saying, “Dokdo is Japanese territory”?

Aren’t you the one who did whatever you wanted and ignored the law?

Above all, even based on international law, there is no basis to view Dokdo as Japanese territory.

Japan first asserted its sovereignty over Dokdo in 1905, when, as the Russo-Japanese War intensified, it built a watchtower and installed a military communications line leading to Shimane Prefecture.

So does this mean Japan has exercised its sovereignty?

Or was it simply a strategic use of other people’s land to gain an advantage in the war?

The Japanese Empire ruled Korea for 36 years, so did Japan exercise sovereignty over Dokdo? The Japanese Empire was officially dissolved by the United States.

All colonies under it were forced to become independent by the Allied Powers.

The Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, and Kuril Islands were occupied by the United States and the Soviet Union.

The Ryukyu-Ogasawara Islands were returned to Japan by the United States, but Russia still exercises sovereignty over the Kuril Islands, so why would a US Assistant Secretary of State hand over Dokdo to Japan?

It doesn’t make sense from the start.

In the end, Professor Dean Rusk shot himself in the foot, and the Japanese government, conscious of its relationship with Korea, was also shocked.

“The note sent by Deputy Secretary Rusk at the time was a personal assertion with no legal effect. In fact, the US Secretary personally stepped forward to correct the error, so this issue can no longer be discussed.”

The reason Japan has no choice but to act this way is because the Ryukyu-Ogasawara Islands sovereignty issue is currently ongoing.

Does Japan have a claim to the Ryukyu Islands?

Ryukyu was a country with a distinctly independent culture, and Japan simply occupied it by force. The Ogasawara Islands were also discovered by Japan in 1670, but the shogunate simply designated them as “uninhabited islands.”

In the meantime, Britain planted its flag on this land, and later the Americans came again to exercise sovereignty.

The Edo shogunate desperately claimed sovereignty, but gave up due to American pressure, and then reconquered it in 1875 by sending troops.

“This is Japanese territory. Do you recognize it?”

“Okay, eat it or not.”

“What’s the big deal about just one island?”

The fact that the United States came out like this means that they did not consider the Ogasawara Islands as their territory.

If they thought it was their land, they would have gone to the International Court of Justice and fought a bloody war with Japan, like in the Palmas Island incident.

I gave up because I couldn’t take it or give it away.

In the end, it was thanks to the indifference of the great powers that Japan was able to take over the Ogasawara Islands. If Britain and Japan had rushed in, Japan would have had no choice but to withdraw in the end. This logic is still valid today.

International Court of Justice? Do you think that would work?

Colombia is now a blank space, and it is up to the great powers to decide who will occupy it.

This means that it is not something that a university professor can discuss.

Dean Rusk, who ignored international law and the US government’s position and handled the Dokdo issue on his own, has lost the right to discuss it.

***

“Let’s hand Colombia over to the United States.”

“Your Majesty, is that really enough?”

“We have to pay off America’s debt so we can have a justification to eat China.”

This is the Daedeok County official residence.

I continued my conversation with Kim Hak-young, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Colombia is one of South America’s largest resource rich countries and exports a considerable amount of oil, but this production comes from only 10% of Colombia’s total territory.

When full-scale exploration begins, enormous resources such as oil, natural gas, gold, and silver will pour out.

The United States also wants to take over Colombia, but it is keeping an eye on international opinion.

But if someone admits it, that’s fine. What does international law mean when Korea, a world power, recognizes America’s sovereignty over Colombia?

It is also true that, above all, corrupt Colombia is holding back the United States.

Are the far left the only ones supplying drugs to America?

The police are all in on it, and the Colombians who immigrated to the US have even created drug routes and are making American society sick.

Who would blame the US for beating up Colombia?

I did business with the United States through the CIA.

Who is to blame for the fact that there has been no major turmoil in China for the past 25 years? Korea did not simply conquer Chinese land; it exercised sovereignty over it.

Established an economic belt connecting Jinling, Songhu, Yan’an and Taiwan, and carried out large-scale civil engineering projects in Wuhan in cooperation with the United States.

As a result, the Gangnam area recorded a steep economic growth of 6% on average per year, and even the United States cannot deny that this is Korea’s contribution.

So, it has been handed over to Inner Mongolia, but it is still far away.

Chinese warlords are still waging war deep in the country, and a situation similar to the Colombian civil war could unfold.

Will AOPR advance into China at that time?

How will the land be distributed if occupied? Will the United States, which sold Nanjing (Jinling) to Korea because it was too difficult to handle, come forward to take over mainland China?

Considering the influence that Korea has on the Chinese mainland, the United States will ultimately have no choice but to side with Korea.

In this way, Korea and the United States traded Colombia and China, and the US Secretary of State temporarily handed over the control of Wuhan to Korea.

They must have concluded that it was in America’s best interest, and the US even formally apologized for the Dean Rusk incident.

“At that time, what happened was something that Deputy Secretary Rusk did on his own. It is not the official position of the United States.”

“It’s okay. I never cared from the beginning. And it’s already been 37 years. Japan has also acknowledged it.”

Why would you listen to something like a former vice minister?

Even MacArthur, who was the commander of the Far East at the time, dismissed such nonsense, saying it was none of his business.

Giving attention to a burrower makes him think he’s great, and the U.S. government pressured the University of Georgia to strip Dean Rusk of his professorship.

It’s only natural that a professor would talk nonsense on the podium.

This is how Dean Rusk paid the price for what he did to Korea 37 years ago.

But the purge is not over yet,

After that, I consulted with the U.S. government to nip in the bud those who spoke negatively about Korea.