SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean netizens are stepping up to support a popular mubkang influencer who has been criticized for visiting Ulleung Island, on the left side of the country’s easternmost Dokdo Islets, in celebration of Day of Dokdo. Mukbang is a portmanteau in Korean of “eating” and “broadcast.” Day of Dokdo, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has published a pictorial book of the maritime ecosystem on and around Dokdo in the latest campaign to boost public awareness about the country’s easternmost islets both at home and abroad, the oceans ministry said Thursday. The book, titled “Dokdo, Under Its Sea,” has pictures and drawings [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A history foundation released a new song about South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo on Wednesday in an effort to enhance the world’s understanding of the islets as part of Korean territory. The Northeast Asian History Foundation unveiled the song titled “Island” via its social media accounts and major [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on Friday kick-started the operation of the Dokdo General Information System, which provides real-time images of South Korea’s easternmost Dokdo islets. This system provides real-time Dokdo video on a daily basis, enabling anyone to watch the changing images of the islets anytime and [...]
ANDONG, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — North Gyeongsang Province said Wednesday that it will host a skyline tour that departs from Daegu Airport, flies over South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo and nearby Ulleung Island, and returns to Daegu on National Liberation Day. A light jet will depart from Daegu Airport at 8:15 a.m. on [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism expressed “deep regret” Friday over the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s response to its letter protesting Japan’s inclusion of South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo on a Tokyo Olympics map. According to the ministry, the IOC sent a reply to its June 10 [...]
MADRID/SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said a “very valuable” ancient map he witnessed in Madrid on Wednesday shows Dokdo is part of Korean territory. Moon, now on a state visit to Spain, made the remarks after looking at the “Map of Joseon Kingdom” at the Spanish Senate Library, according [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday began a pilot operation of the 119 emergency rescue squad on Dokdo in order to better ensure the safety of the growing number of visitors to the easternmost islets. The National 119 Rescue Headquarters sent one rescue worker and one paramedic to Dokdo in the [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese elementary school textbook published about a century ago did not define the easternmost Korean islets of Dokdo as Japanese territory, a Seoul-based public foundation said Wednesday. The state-funded Northeast Asian History Foundation disclosed the old Japanese geography textbook printed in 1904 at a seminar of history experts [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Tuesday that it will transfer bones of Dokdo sea lions, excavated near the coast of Ulleung Island in September of last year, to the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea for genetic research and education. The ministry found that the excavated bones [...]