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Police officer stationed on Dokdo urges tourists to visit island
Sep 28,2021
By Honorary Reporter Thariq Hafidz Nabil Al Farouqi from Indonesia Photos = Lee Jeong-hyeong  Dokdo Island is a protected nature reserve that is home to several endan...

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What I think of Japan's claim to Dokdo Island
Sep 02,2021
By Honorary Reporter Marianne Chang from Trinidad and Tobago Photos = Marianne Chang, Dokdo Foundation  Thanks to the 2021 Global Dokdo Reporters Program, I rece...

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Remembering extinction of sea lions on Dokdo Island
Aug 23,2021
By Honorary Reporter Aleksandra Bykova from Russia  Photos = Aleksandra Bykova and Dokdo Foundation Dokdo Island's ecological issues should not be ignored. Dokd...

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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...