Dear webmaster,

Hi. This is Jun Hyuk Tak who studies oceanography in South Korea.

I have researched about marine environment and ecosystem, using your website.

At first, I really thank you for providing useful contents for my research.

However, I found some minor errors in your website. In the map of your website, the name of the sea between Korea and Japan is described as “Sea of Japan”.

It seems quite unreasonable to use the name “Sea of Japan” which is decided in the period of imperialism. The correct name is “East Sea”, which has been used before the time of colonization. Therefore, I believe that the sea should be described as “East sea” or at least with the simultaneous use of both names; “East Sea/Sea of Japan.”

I would like to attach some references to help your understanding of this matter. I hope that  errors in your website will be corrected. If you do not mind, could you let me know an e-mail address of the person in charge or another possible way to correction, please?

Thank you again for you help. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Jun Hyuk Tak.