Korean claim to Tsushima Island

[citation needed] Similarly the samguk sagi states that Japan ruled the island since CE 400.

In 1951, United States-Korea negotiations about the Treaty of San Francisco made no mention of Tsushima Island.

Based on this record, some Koreans assume that the statue was moved illegally from Korea to Japan by Wokou in the late 14th century.

[14] This news provoked another wave of anger amongst the islanders and throughout much of Japan, as it was assumed that this could be a sign of Korean territorial ambitions.

The Japanese reorganization of the government of Tsushima following the Meiji Restoration antagonized the Koreans, but they could only express disapproval of it.

Although Korea apparently held a dominant position on the island before 500 A.D., its claim to control in subsequent periods is not supported by the facts available.