I would like to express my special thanks to all those involved with the Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia (EPILA). Their efforts have produced three regional volumes with 16 state volumes involving 286 contributors who drafted 1,078 headings encompassing over 3,000 pages and over a million words.

I would also like to express my appreciation to Eon Kyung Park, Seryon Lee and Tea-Gil Kim, who are key members of the Development of International Law in Asia-Korea (DILA-KOREA), for their continuing assistance.

I would be remiss if I also did not extend my gratitude …