Dokdo & East Sea
Dokdo & East Sea
- International students gather to learn Korean history
- Sep 05,2014
- Third class begins at the Northeast Asian History Academy for Foreigners People from around the world are gradually learning more about Korea, moving beyond its mass medi...
- '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...
- President meets Tokyo governor
- Jul 28,2014
- President Park Geun-hye met with Yoichi Masuzoe, governor of Tokyo, on July 25 to discuss pending issues between Korea and Japan, including ongoing historical debates bet...
- Eastern shore attracts holidaymakers
- Jul 09,2014
- Many beaches along the East Sea of Korea are busy preparing for the opening of their annual summer vacation season. A total of 91 beaches in the region will run from this...
- 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...