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- 'Dokdo is the proper name'
- Dec 08, 2014
- Representative Ed Royce, R-Calif., chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said on December 6 that "Dokdo" is the proper name to refer to Korea's eastern...
- Naval drills take place off Dokdo in East Sea
- Nov 25, 2014
- A navy defense drill took place around the Dokdo Islands in the East Sea on November 24. According to the Republic of Korea Navy, the 3,200-ton Yangmanchun destroyer and ...
- 'Photos capture masculine beauty of Dokdo'
- Jul 29, 2014
- Photographer Kim Jung-man admires his own works, on display in a photo exhibition at the Sejong Museum of Art on July 28. (photo: Jeon Han)Photographer Kim Jung-man has c...
- Ancient maps refer to East Sea
- Mar 24, 2014
- An exhibition in Seoul is showing how the East Sea was labeled on ancient maps of the world. Titled as the “Dong-Hae [East Sea] proven through the old maps of the world” ...
- New animals, plants identified on Dokdo
- Feb 21, 2014
- Dokdo, a group of rocks and islets constituting the easternmost point of Korea, is home to 11 newly-discovered animal and plant species found for the first time on the is...
- Japanese maps uphold ‘East Sea,’ Dokdo as Korean
- Feb 13, 2014
- The state legislature of Virginia in the U.S. has passed a bill requiring its state school textbooks to include the name East Sea along with the name Sea of Japan when de...
- Rare bird visits Dokdo
- Nov 27, 2013
- A rare bird has visited Dokdo, the easternmost outpost of Korea. The Ministry of Environment recently reported that it has found on one of the Dokdo Islands a rare bird, ...
- Dokdo, Ulleungdo, Jejudo certified as national geoparks
- Feb 28, 2013
- Three Korean islands -- Dokdo, Jeju Island, and Ulleungdo -- have been certified as national geoparks. Dokdo, Korea’s easternmost territory (photo: Korea Culture and...
- Website on integrated information on Dokdo opens
- Jan 07, 2013
- Dokdo Jirinet Website The Korean government opened a website which contains integrated geographic and historic information on Dokdo, Korea’s easternmost island in the Ea...
- Old Japanese map marks Dokdo as Korean territory
- Nov 02, 2012
- An ancient Japanese map that affirms Dokdo as Korean territory has been restored by the National Archives of Korea. The restored map, produced in 1936 by the cartography ...
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