Da Islands Dispute

The Da Islands Dispute, also known as the Dang Islands Dispute in Myeon, is a territorial dispute between Myeon and Xinhao over the ownership of the island chain referred to as either the Da Islands by the Xin, and the Dang Islands by the Myeonese. The Da Islands are an archipelago off the eastern coast of Myeon, and lead from the Rongyang Peninsula in eastern Myeon, and into the waters of the Oriental Ocean.

The islands came into dispute following the passage of the Alscheid Accords, which recognized Myeonese sovereignty over "the entirety of the Myeonese Peninsula, the islands of the Geojung Sea", taking them from Xinhao following its defeat in the Great War, though remaining mute on the status of the Dang islands. The Myeonese believed the islands were intended to be given to Myeon, since the islands have a population which is 73% Myeonese. Xinhao, on the otherhand, disagrees, and believes that the islands were intentionally left out of the agreement, and are still rightfully a territory of Xinhao. Despite the disagreement, the islands remained de facto administered by Myeon by 1886. The issue remained unresolved until 1896, when the Spring Reforms in Xinhao brought about a new government under President Liao Wen, who reasserted the Xin position that the islands were theirs. Myeon refused to settle the disagreement, though Myeonese President Kwok Kwang-Seon met with the new President Ciao Lu in 1906, and both sides agreed to the Da Islands Accords, which established the Dang Islands Autonomous Territory in Myeon, and allowed citizens born on the islands automatic citizenship in both nations, depending on their choice of nationality.