#dokdo — Public Fediverse posts

TIL: A Canadian man by the name of Steven Barber has been tirelessly promoting Dokdo for years. Check out this article he wrote and what seems to be his Instagram:

- https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20110502/a-foreigners-journey-of-discovery-to-dokdo
- https://www.instagram.com/the_truth_of_dokdo
#독도는우리땅 #Dokdo #독도

So, today Japan is making a move in their slow-mo salami tactic claim to the islets of Dokdo-Takeshima.

But I got an uncomfortable back-to-the-future circa 1940 feeling while reading the predictions in this 2011 analysis.

This chess game has fascinating 12th century precedents, a war of information, national romanticism, and that disappointing ever present oil and gas dimension.

#southkorea #japan #history #dokdo #takeshima

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289878699_A_New_Approach_to_a_Territorial_Dispute_Involving_a_Former_Colonizer-Colony_Pair_The_Case_of_the_DokdoTakeshima_Dispute_between_Korea_and_Japan#pf28

Seventeen people, including three lawmakers of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, landed on Sea of Japan islands called Takeshima by Tokyo and Dokdo by Seoul. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/01/japan/politics/south-korean-lawmakers-land-on-takeshima/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #takeshima #dokdo #disputedislands

The South Korean government urged Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa to retract Japan's territorial claims over #Dokdo, emphasizing historical, geographical and international law grounds for South Korean sovereignty.

https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=183426

Defense Minister Shin Won-sik faces scrutiny over past remarks on #Dokdo, #Korea's easternmost islets, as "disputed territory."

Critics question his historical perspective, while the ministry defends his stance on Korean sovereignty.

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/01/205_366239.html

The parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee passed a resolution denouncing #Japan for laying claims to #SouthKorea's easternmost islets of #Dokdo and approving school textbooks containing such claims.

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230925005000315?section=national/politics