Dokdo & East Sea
Dokdo & East Sea
- Korea urges Japan to retract Dokdo claims
- Feb 21,2017
- Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cho June-hyuck warns the Japanese government to retract its sovereignty claims over the Dokdo Islands, during a briefing ses...
- Spots in Korea visited by Korea.net in 2016
- Dec 19,2016
- Busan's charms match its title as South Korea’s second city. Visitors are always amused by something new as there are countless things to see and places to eat. On Oct. 2...
- Dokdo’s underwater paradise revealed
- Oct 25,2016
- Italian underwater photographer Guglielmo Cicerchia wins the gold prize in the close-up category of the Ulleungdo-Dokdo International Underwater Photography Competition 2...
- Dokdo ecological survey reveals 594 new species
- Sep 27,2016
- Scientists have recently revealed that a total of 594 new organisms, including three species previously not found in Korea and 124 species previously not found in or arou...
- Korea.net honorary reporters visit Dokdo Island
- Sep 26,2016
- Korea.net honorary reporters and members of the coast guard stationed on Dokdo Island give a thumbs up as they pose for a group photo on Dokdo Island on Sept. 25. Thi...
- A short but lasting rendezvous with Dokdo Island
- Jun 30,2016
- Descendants of Korean War veterans from overseas and Korean students pose for a group photo while waving the Taegeukgi, the national flag, at Dokdo on June 30. “A s...
- Sunny skies, beautiful beaches along Haeparang Trail
- Jun 16,2016
- The Haeparang Trail is Korea’s longest walking trail, stretching 770 kilometers from Busan in the south to Goseong in Gangwon-do Province in the north. The Haeparang Tr...
- '1965 Korea-Japan agreement should be re-estimated'
- Mar 23,2016
- On June 22, 1965, Seoul and Tokyo signed the Treaty on Basic Relations Between Japan and the Republic of Korea, and re-established their diplomatic relationship. It was a...
- Underwater forests bring health back to oceans
- Jan 28,2016
- A variety of seaweed grows in the waters off Dokdo Island, attesting to the sea's healthy ecosystem. "Whitening" or a "whiting event" is a phenomenon where some wh...
- Korea's greenhouse measurements found to be accurate, reliable
- Jan 20,2016
- One of Korea's Global Atmosphere Watch observatories on Anmyeondo Island in Chungcheongnam-do Province samples and measures the causes of climate change. Recent...