1. The Society for East Sea, an incorporated association, has elected the incumbent Vice-President 
Park No-hyoung (Professor at Korea University Law School) as the new President for a five-year term, 
and the incumbent President Lee Ki-suk (Honorary Professor at Seoul National University Department 
of Geography Education) as the Honorary President at the 20th regular meeting of the Board of Directors 
on February 1.

2. The Society for East Sea, a non-profit organization registered with the Foreign Ministry in 1994 in 
an effort to make the geographical term "East Sea" widely used in the international community, is 
an academic society which studies and publicizes the term “East Sea.”

3. The Society has contributed largely to publicizing and disseminating the term “East Sea” in the 
international community by conducting academic study and research into the historicity and legitimacy 
of the notation “East Sea,” holding international seminars on the term “East Sea,” and publishing 
PR brochures. 


                                Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Relations of MOFAT 

* unofficial translation