History
- September 2, 1945 Japanese Government accepted the Potsdam Declaration.
- January 29, 1946 Governmental and Administrative Separation of Certain Outlying Areas from Japan went into effect. SCAPIN#677 (Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers Instruction Note No.677)
- June 22, 1946 Area Authorized for Japanese Fishing and Whaling. SCAPIN#1033 (MacArthur Line)
- August 13, 1948 Republic of Korea was founded. Syngman Rhee sworn-in as first president of South Korea.
- July 19, 1951 Korea demanded that the MacArthur line stay in effect.
- August 10, 1951 US government refused Korean demand by the Rusk documents.
- September 8, 1951 Treaty of Peace with Japan was signed.
- January 18, 1952 South Korean Government declares the Syngman Rhee Line as an alternative to the MacArthur line.
- April 28, 1952 Treaty of Peace with Japan became effective.
- January 12, 1953 South Korea Government ordered to seize a Japanese fishing boat that went into the Syngman Rhee Line.
- July 12, 1953 The South Korea police fired on a Patrol boat of the Japan Coast Guard.
- 1954 In the Report of Van Fleet Mission to Far East written by US special mission ambassador James Van Fleet, counseled Korea that the Syngman Rhee line was illegal.
- 1965 Japan-Korea Fishery Agreement was concluded. Syngman Rhee Line was repealed.
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