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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...

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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” ...

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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...

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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...