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🎧 New service allows real-time viewing of Dokdo Island worldwide
Aug 06,2021
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on Aug. 6 launched a real-time video service for viewing Dokdo Island through the Dokdo Information System (www.dokdo.re.kr). (Screen...

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Foreign Ministry blasts Japan's defense white paper over Dokdo claim
Jul 14,2021
The government on July 13 condemned Japan's latest territorial claim to Dokdo Island as seen in this year's defense white paper of the Japanese Ministry of Defense. (Mini...

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'18th-century map is priceless source showing Dokdo is Korean territory'
Jun 17,2021
President Moon Jae-in, on a state visit to Spain, on June 16 looks at the Royal Map of Korea at the Spanish Senate Library after giving a speech to the Spanish senate and...

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Foreign Ministry blasts Dokdo's inclusion on Tokyo Olympics map
May 28,2021
Japan has uploaded on the Tokyo Summer Olympics website a map of the country outlining the torch relay route that indicates Dokdo Island as Japanese territory. ...

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Ministry blasts Japan's new textbooks for laying claim to Dokdo
Mar 31,2021
Korea has expressed anger over new high school textbooks approved on March 30 by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for claiming ...

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Gov’t blasts Japan's claim to Dokdo in defense white paper
Jul 15,2020
The government on July 14 expressed strong protest over Japan's false territorial claim to Korea's Dokdo Island in a defense white paper, urging Tokyo to immediately retr...

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World must know of Dokdo's common themes: US documentary filmmaker
Jun 07,2020
Matthew Koshmrl, the American director of the feature-length documentary "Land of My Father" about Korea’s easternmost island of Dokdo, said the island holds universal th...

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Japan urged to immediately retract unfounded claim to Dokdo
May 19,2020
The government on May 19 criticized Japan for repeating its "groundless" claim to Korea's easternmost island of Dokdo and urged an immediate retraction. Pictured here is ...

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Japanese historian to show proof of Korean sovereignty over Dokdo
Feb 28,2020
Japanese historian Norio Kuboi will hold lectures on Feb. 29 and March 6 in Osaka, Japan, on the legitimacy of Korea's sovereignty over Dokdo Island. He is pictured here ...

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Events nationwide mark 20th annual Dokdo Day
Oct 25,2019
Dokdo Island, also known as the Liancourt Rocks, is a group of small islets in the East Sea. (Korea.net DB) By Lee Hana A series of events nationwide on Oct. 25 ...