S. Korea files "strong complaints" over Japan's false territorial claims toward Dokdo

 

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South Korea Launches Military Drills on Disputed Liancourt Rocks Islands

The maneuvers are set to last for two days and are aimed at practicing defending the islets from a possible invasion by external forces, the South Korean Navy said, as cited by KBS World Radio on Thursday.

Seoul, Beijing blast Japan's defense paper

South Korea has joined China in opposing Japan's 2016 defense white paper, a policy document Tokyo is using to justify its efforts to move away from an isolated and pacifistic defense posture to a more active one.

S. Korea protests against Japan's territorial claim on easternmost islets

South Korea on Tuesday lodged a strong protest against Japan's repeated territorial claims on its easternmost islets, called Dokdo here and Takeshima in Japan, lying halfway between the two countries.

S.Korea slams Japanese textbooks over claims to disputed islets

South Korea angrily responded Monday to new Japanese textbooks distorting history and laying territorial claim to the Dokdo islands, called Takeshima in Japan.