[East Sea(3)] 동해인가 일본해인가

 

[East Sea(3)]U.N. seeks peaceful resolution for names

 

2010-06-07

 

This is the third in a series of contributions and interview articles exploring standardization issues of the geographic names -- the “East Sea” and “Sea of Japan. Various views on the geographic name of the body of water between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago will be presented in aims to raise awareness of the controversy. – Ed.

 

Peter E. Raper is former chairman of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, and is a research associate of the Unit for Language Management at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. He is also currently researching San (Bushman) place-names and their influence on toponyms in other languages. Raper obtained his Ph. D. degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1971. He served on the South African National Place Names Committee from 1972 to 1999, and was its chairman from 1996 to 1999. He served on the South African Geographical Names Council from 2000 to 2002.

 

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