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December 9th, 2007 at 2:23 am

Dokdo Controversy Moves to X-Box

The newest front in the Great Dokdo War has opened on your Microsoft X-Box of all places:

According to the above report from Fuji TV, a South Korean newspaper recently ran an article boasting about how it had been discovered that Microsoft’s Xbox Live only allows users to register the Liancourt Rocks as their location using the kanji for the Korean name for the islets, Dokdo. When users attempt to enter the kanji for the Japanese name, Takeshima, the system returns an error message saying such a location does not exist. The error message has since been verified by Japanese netizens, many of whom are quite displeased. Microsoft has released a statement saying they are working to update the system and correct their mistake. [Japan Probe]

The madness continues. 

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