By GI Korea on September 18th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

Korea Times Sponsors Dokdo Contest for Foreigners

» by GI Korea in: Dokdo Madness

If you are one of those foreigners that can’t get enough about the Dokdo issue, well here is your chance to impress the locals:

It seems like the Korea Times just loves having foreigners write in about Dokdo.

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Sonagi
3:38 pm on September 18th, 2008 1
I hope Gerry sees this and enters.

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roboseyo
5:35 pm on September 18th, 2008 2
jeez. Can I write about why Jejudo belongs to Korea and go there instead? Or maybe Hawaii? Sorry, but a trip for me and my four most Korean friends to a couple rainy rocks with lots of seagulls just isn’t much of a carrot.

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The Clam
7:14 pm on September 18th, 2008 3
This looks like a pathetic attempt to get some real research done for them because they have obviously failed in that department.

I’ve done the Ulleungdo/Dokdo trip with my wife and, as GI mentioned from his Dokdo adventure, it was quite the spectical (Ulleungdo was beautiful). In fact, my (Korean) wife was a little embarrassed by what seemed to be false and manufactured emotions pouring from the Korean’s when they saw the glorious rock protrusions.

I say all that, but I still know to keep quiet when it comes to Dokdo conversations at home. A happy marriage = no discussion of Dokdo.

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Michael
7:27 pm on September 18th, 2008 4
Fifth prize, a one-way ticket to Dokdo

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a listener
9:01 pm on September 18th, 2008 5
This is sad. Somehow it reminds me of the “Wow Korea” campaign going on right now which depicts two kids being overly excited that Seoul happens to have a river that runs through the heart of the city, as if most other major metro cities in the world dont have a huge river. I have to agree that Jeju island is something to promote, not Dokdo.

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Leon LaPorte
10:19 pm on September 18th, 2008 6
All your Dokdo are belong to us!

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Jerry
11:37 pm on September 18th, 2008 7
and if you win they’ll not only fly you there, but they’ll give you the plague as a bonus

how cool is that?

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JoeC
12:19 am on September 19th, 2008 8
One disadvantage to being a Hermit Kingdom and still pretty much ethnocentric for so long is you have to pretty much bride foreign interest and support to your causes.

What’s the big deal? Maybe the island could prosper if more people thought it was Japanese? (tongue in cheek) There was a survey that suggests that some Korean products have done well because many foreigners believed that the manufactures; LG, Samsung, and Hyundai, were Japanese brand names. (tongue further in cheek)

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Surabol
12:49 am on September 19th, 2008 9
That’s a pretty self serving reward if I ever saw one.

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Catch the Chicken
1:42 am on September 19th, 2008 10
Can my critical ‘anti-korean dokdo’ essay win?

If so, can I donate my tickets to someone who give a f#ck?

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nankingcherry
11:50 am on September 19th, 2008 11
Now Hiring Useful Idiots

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Big D
4:27 pm on September 19th, 2008 12
I would so laugh my a** off if someone submit a “Dokdo is Takeshima, and is Japanese Territory” essay.
And they actually report about it… but I guess they won’t… or maybe they will.

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fh
6:02 pm on September 19th, 2008 13
I’m anxious to see what kind of previously “unpublished maps” people manage to photosh–er… uncover. Yeah, uncover.

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dabi
7:34 am on October 10th, 2008 18
it’s surprising me bot this essay contest. c0z one of university student in my campus propose his thesis bot Dokdo as Korean Territory..he propose it bot 3 months ago..hmh..
anyway.i’m an international relations student in one of university in Indonesia

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chanhonam
11:46 pm on April 10th, 2009 20
hehe..so nice and interesting to find the movies and other..thank you..

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Apple Pie
7:05 am on April 11th, 2009 21
Why would the Korea Times have a contest for Americans writing an essay on the Japanese island of Takeshima?

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