<P class=HStyle0>President Lee Myung-bak will recall South Korea's ambassador to Japan Wednesday in protest of Tokyo's decision to define South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo as its territory in guidebooks for history teachers.</P>
<P class=HStyle0>Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yu Myung-hwan also called in Japanese Ambassador Toshinori Shigeie and delivered a message of protest. </P>
<P class=HStyle0>“It is deeply regrettable and disappointing that Tokyo has once again laid claim to Dokdo, which is part of South Korea's territory, historically, geographically and under international laws,” Lee said. “I will deal sternly with any attempts to ignore Korea's sovereignty over Dokdo.”</P>
<P class=HStyle0>Political parties also called for strong action against Japan. In a statement, the governing Grand National Party (GNP) called Japan's claim an “act of aggression and madness.”</P>
<P class=HStyle0>The strong words came after Tokyo said it would refer in a middle school teaching guide to the islets as Japanese territory. The document for teachers and textbook publishers is non-binding, but will likely influence textbook contents.</P>
<P class=HStyle0>Korea's Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul-hyun visited the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo in the afternoon to officially protest the “distortion.” </P>
<P class=HStyle0>Cheong Wa Dae said Seoul is considering boycotting the summit talks between the leaders of South Korea, China and Japan, scheduled for September in Japan.</P>
<P class=HStyle0>“Japan has again laid territorial claim to Dokdo in violation of bilateral partnership agreements,” Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Lee Dong-kwan said. “We are determined to take strong countermeasures. We will take various diplomatic, academic and administrative actions to strengthen our sovereign control of Dokdo.”</P>
<P class=HStyle0>The territorial dispute is expected to deepen in the weeks to come, dampening Seoul's efforts to improve relations with Tokyo. Japan has frequently claimed that the islets, known as Takeshima in Japanese, belong to it.</P>
<P class=HStyle0>Last week, President Lee met with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on the sidelines of an expanded G8 summit in Japan and conveyed the South Korean people's concern about the move to define Dokdo as Japanese territory. Lee called for a “future-oriented relationship” between the two neighbors and Fukuda welcomed the proposal.</P>
<P class=HStyle0>The Ministry of Defense said it has ordered troops to reinforce the defense of the islets.</P>
<P class=HStyle0>The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said it would conduct extensive research into the ecosystem, fishing resources and maritime environment in the sea surrounding Dokdo.</P>
<P class=HStyle0>The education minister will also send a letter of protest to his Japanese counterpart, while the South Korean police chief will call the head of the contingent stationed on Dokdo to give words of encouragement and instruct on the reinforcement of maritime defenses, the presidential office said.</P>
<P class=HStyle0>South Korean academic foundations will hold a series of forums in Seoul to call international attention to the past record of Japan's historical and territorial distortions.</P>
<P class=HStyle0>When Tokyo made a similar claim to Dokdo in 2005, then President Roh Moo-hyun adopted hard-line measures, suspending his shuttle diplomacy with then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and easing rules for South Koreans to travel to Dokdo.</P>
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<P class=HStyle0>=Question Part</P>
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<P class=HStyle0>1) Have you ever thought about Dokdo issue? </P>
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<P class=HStyle0>2) Why does Japan keep on claiming that Dokdo is their part of country?</P>
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<P class=HStyle0>3) Which do you prefer Roh Moo-hyun's policy and Lee Myung-bak‘s policy to Japan?</P>
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<P class=HStyle0>4) Do you know VANK? explain it.</P>
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<P class=HStyle0>5) why Korean government has never claimed that Daemado is ours, cause we know that Daemado is way closer to Korea than Japan. Is there any reason that Korean government can't claim it?</P>
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<P class=HStyle0>6) what should we do? what is solution?</P>
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첫댓글 최신으로 하라고 하셔서 글은 코리안 타임에서 땡기구 질문은 만들었습니다. 혹시나 허접하거나 어렵더라도.용서를..
I don't know political issue well, but I like to learn many things. Thank you.^^
리플일등달기 진짜어렵네...크크
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모르는단어가 수두룩..
아... 정말 뭐말인지 하나두 모르겠네....이런곳에가서 내가 한마디라도 할수있을까...ㅜㅜ
토픽 감솨요~ㅋ
토픽 감사합니다ㅋ
참석.ㅋㅋ
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political stuff again? kkk thanks for the article... but this sort of article is 100% not my cup of tea, but i'll try to enjoy every minute of this sunday... both in study time and in the second round..kkk. hew ... seems like diffy... kkkk
참석
토픽 감사합니다 >ㅇ< 저도 이번주엔 참석 !!! ㅋㅋ
참석 합니다!!!
토픽감사합니다 ! 참석요^^
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토픽 정말 뜨거운 감자군요. 내일뵈요.
올만에 저도 참석~~ ^^
처음인데 내일 참석하겠습니다. 유구환이라고 합니다.
민감한 문제.. 준비쫌 해야겠네요.. 감사합니다 톼픽ㅋ
참석합니다~~