Talk:Corean Pacific Islands
Administrative history in short form
1832 - 1888: Colony of the Archbishop Islands (Islas del Arzobispo), Kingdom of Spain (part of the Philippine viceroyalty, administered from Guam)
1888 - 1936: Crown Colony of the Moein Islands, Empire of Corea
1936 - 1951: Civil Administration of the Moein and Namjo Islands, Russia (de jure Corean)
1951 - 1975: Corean Pacific Island Territories, National Republic of Corea
197X - 1982: Bonin Islands, Empire of Japan
1982 - : Bonin Islands, Empire of Japan (de facto protectorate/associated state of Tauland, claimed by Japanese National Republic)
Corean Island Names
Bonin Islands -> Moein-do
- Gracht Island (OTL Chichi-jima) -> Te-Moein-do/Dê-Muin-do
--- Nanko (main settlement on Gracht Is) -> Namgwang
--- Showan (bay on the west side of Gracht Is) -> Sjaman/Sôman
- Engel Island (OTL Haha-jima) -> Nam-Moein-do/Nam-Mûin-do
Sulfur (OTL Volcano) Islands -> Hwang-do
- San Alessandro (OTL Kita Iwo Jima) -> Boeg-Hwang-do
- Gran Sufre (OTL Iwo Jima) -> Te-Hwang-do/Dê-Hwang-do
- Santo Agustino (OTL Minami Iwo Jima) -> Nam-Hwang-Do
Timeline of Japanese-Corean relations over Bonin
- 1895 - The new post-Sacura government of Japan claims the islands based on historical precedent, but this is generally not acknowledged abroad because Corea has fortified it's claim and settled the islands at this point already
- 1932 - Following its entry into the Russo-Corean war, Japan reasserts its claim to the islands and attempts to take the islands, but is defeated in battle by a joint Dutch-Corean fleet
- 1935 - After the Dutch withdraw from the conflict, diminishing the naval strength defending the islands, the Russian navy out of Idzu takes the islands, the local troops quickly surrendering to the overwhelming force
- 1936 - In the treaty of Hansjang, the islands are placed under Russian administration for a period of 20 years. To placate Japan, the Russian government informally promises that the islands would be eventually ceded to Japan along with the treaty ports of Maizuru and Idzu
- 1940s - As tensions between the world powers rise with the Silent War, relations between Russia and Japan cool and negotiations over the Russian territories stall, with protests in Japan demanding their return
- 1951 - Under Japanese protest, the islands are returned to Corean civil administration, with a continuing Russian military presence
- 1952 - Japan annexes Idzu and Maizuru in a clandestine military operation - initially there are plans to also take Bonin, which are shelved due to naval inferiority/lack of element of surprise
- 1974 - During the CNA administration, Russia withdraws it's military presence from the islands to reassign forces to Alyeska and the Far East.
- 1975 - With the Corean government distracted by the Kemo nuclear disaster and the islands relatively defenseless, Japan sees it's chance to swoop in and occupy the Bonins.
