Comments on: State Department Comments On Dokdo Dispute

By: Cienfuegos

Cienfuegos — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:47:04 +0000

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“Sorry. There is something very, very wrong with this report when a small “lobby group” of a FOREIGN COUNTRY — because its actions show exactly what it is — can control the actions of a US government department.”

They’ve been doing it for many years. Check out the Congressional Caucus on Korea. It’s nothing more than a group of congressmen taking kick backs from a foreign power.

By: shattered

shattered — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:39:59 +0000

By: Kalani

Kalani — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:33:38 +0000

The plot thickens…

Now the Chosun Ilbo has an article of a Korean librarian in Toronto, Canada stopping the Library of Congress action by an email she sent while nursing her son with a fever. Give me a break… So the Korean lobby group did what?

Chosun Ilbo

In the same article, “Dr. Barbara Tillett, chief of the Library of Congress Cataloging Policy and Support Office, said she was withdrawing the suggestion to change the subject heading for Dokdo to Liancourt Rocks, which was submitted in December 2007. Tillett added the discussion will be delayed until there is an enlightened international resolution and a decision by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.”

The bottomline is that the decision has been delayed — not stopped. According to other sources, the US Board of Geographic Names (BGN) had already made up its mind. So what is really going on?

By: Kalani

Kalani — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:26:43 +0000

To add more crud to this discussion, “online encyclopedias around the world are increasingly adopting a French name, Liancourt Rocks, to refer to the South Korean islets of Dokdo rather than the indigenous name, apparently as a result of Japanese lobbying, a non-governmental organization said on 15 Jul. Some encyclopedias call them the Liancourt Rocks, named after a French whaling ship that first introduced the islets to Europe. According to NGO groups, Japan reportedly backs this reference to reinforce its attempt to lay claim to the islets.” (Yonhap News.)

So from my previous post, one can see that though the online encyclopedias, the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) are using “Liancourt Rocks”, the Korean-American Voters’ Council was able to make the US Congress do an about face. I say that something does NOT smell right at all.

By: Kalani

Kalani — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:02:19 +0000

“The U.S. Library of Congress has withdrawn its plan to review the renaming of the Dokdo islets after protests from Korean Americans. … Mr. Kim said he called the chairman on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment and five other members of Congress, urging Congress not to meddle in the Dokdo issue. … He stressed continued efforts to make sure the U.S. Congress uses the name Dokdo when referring to the islets, noting that the U.S. government and White House currently use an antiquated international moniker, “Liancourt Rocks.” (KBS Global)

This is unbelievable. A South Korea lobby group (disguised as the Korean-American Voters’ Council) tells the US Congress not to “meddle” in the Dokdo issue, but then sees to it that the US Congress uses only the “Dokdo” moniker — instead of Takeshima/Liancourt Rocks — which in effect means the US Congress will take sides on this issue — and that means meddling!!!! Huh????

I hope this is not true.

Sorry. There is something very, very wrong with this report when a small “lobby group” of a FOREIGN COUNTRY — because its actions show exactly what it is — can control the actions of a US government department.

My only question is — Is the Korean-American Voters Council registered as a lobbying agent for South Korea? Then we get into a very different bucket of worms.

By: shattered

shattered — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:16:11 +0000

“South Korean citizens are being killed at resort areas”

North Korea is now a resort? Just because the Korean propaganda machine calls a pile of dog poo, a pile diamonds, don’t make it so. And there is a Korean collective yawn over the death of some old spy.

By: shattered

shattered — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:09:23 +0000

“Somehow, somebody STILL managed to be offended by my saying I’d love to see Japan come clean.”

Because Koreans dont wany an apology, they want a reason to feel morally superior and a reason to be angry. Japan needs to tell Korea to get lost.

By: disinterested

disinterested — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:34:32 +0000

Bah, how many times do we need to see/hear an apology from Japan? Money was paid in the 1960’s, most if not all of the offending pls are dead why can’t me move on? Calling the water off Korea the East sea? It’s the fookin pacific ocean. Give it a break. The economy is spiraling down. The won is only afloat because the BoK is supporting it. South Korean citizens are being killed at resort areas and all anyone wants to talk aobut is Dok-do? BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBlow me!

By: King Baeksu

King Baeksu — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:28:39 +0000

“Somehow, somebody STILL managed to be offended by my saying I’d love to see Japan come clean.”

Because then the Korean public would have one less thing to bitch about, rather than looking at themselves honestly.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:24:10 +0000

Thanks Rob correction made. What I didn’t like about the State Department comment was that they send guy out there to comment on the Dokdo issue and it sounds like he knows nothing about it.