SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling and the main opposition parties denounced Japan’s territorial claims over South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo on Wednesday as they marked “Dokdo Day.” “While the reestablishment of a future-oriented relationship between South Korea and Japan has opened discussions for cooperation in fields such as security and economy, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – BGF Retail, the company that operates the CU convenience store chain, announced on Thursday that its employees and CU store owners went on a trip to Dokdo as part of the “2023 Dokdo Love Support Event.” This event is part of the Dokdo Love Campaign, which BGF Retail has been running [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee on Monday passed a resolution denouncing Japan for laying claims to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo and approving school textbooks containing such claims. The resolution had originally passed through the committee in June, but the committee decided to pass it again [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese government is beefing up PR activities, including the allocation of several billion won in funding, to strengthen its claims to sovereignty over disputed territories with neighboring countries, including Dokdo. The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Saturday that the Japanese government has allocated a budget of about 300 million yen [...]
ANDONG, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeongsangbuk-do made an announcement regarding the commencement of “Gyeongbuk 0726,” a dedicated purification vessel aimed at servicing the island region. The nomenclature of the ship draws inspiration from the sunrise timing on Dokdo, a beautiful island of Korea in the East Sea and a location renowned as the sunrise [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea issued a strong protest on Friday against Japan’s renewed territorial claim to its easternmost islets of Dokdo in an annual defense white paper, calling for its immediate retraction. Earlier in the day, Tokyo adopted the security document during a Cabinet session, renewing the claim to the pair [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea conducted regular military drills last month to enhance defense capabilities of its easternmost islets of Dokdo, a defense official said Friday. The exercise took place in waters near the islets late last month at a similar scale as the previous year, the official told reporters on condition [...]
ULLEUNG, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A monument erected to commemorate the nation’s inaugural swim between Ulleung Island and Dokdo, which was lost during a typhoon, has been reconstructed. Dokdo Saranghoe (Association of Love for Dokdo), a civic group that defends the Dokdo islets, which Japan claims as its territory, on Tuesday held an unveiling [...]
ANDONG, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The North Gyeongsang Province Fisheries Research Institute has released 200,000 Dohwa shrimp near the country’s easternmost islets of Dokdo and the nearby Ulleungdo island to restore the shrimp population. Also referred to as the Dokdo shrimp, approximately 100,000 prawns were released near Wangdolcho in the East Sea. Starting from [...]
SEOUL/TOKYO, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea lodged a strong protest against Japan on Tuesday over Tokyo’s renewed territorial claim to Dokdo, a set of rocky islets in the East Sea, in its latest annual diplomatic book. The claim, strongly disputed by South Korea that has long maintained effective control of Dokdo with the permanent [...]