Another spat with Japan is brewing over the Dokdo islets controversy:

Despite Japan’s declaration of a new era for Seoul-Tokyo relations, Japan’s Foreign Ministry is continuing its territorial claim over Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo.
The ministry posted on its Internet homepage a document reiterating its territorial claim over Dokdo, which Japan calls "Takeshima."
In February, the ministry […]

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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 […]

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Do you want to be an online defender of Dokdo?  Well now online groups have now made it possible for you to be a virtual defender of Dokdo by taking virtual tours and planting digital flowers on the island. 
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Robert from the Marmot’s Hole brings us the latest in the most pressing issue of our time, the Great Dokdo War:

Since May 21, Wikipedia has been running a poll on whether or not to continue referring to the islets as Dokdo, or whether to change it to the Liancourt Rocks. Currently, if you enter “Takeshima” […]

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Korea is looking to add their first natural heritage site recognized by the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization:

On Jeju Island, there are many nominees up for world heritage recognition, like the nature reservations, caves, and tuff cones in Mt. Halla. Because of the fantastic geographical features created by breathtaking scenery and volcanic activity, […]

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Will the lunacy over Dokdo ever end in Korea? From the Korea Times:
Toyota has recalled about 4,000 cars this year, including 1,863 Lexus RX330s in August for faulty driver’s seats. Toyota is replacing BMW as the top-selling imported brand, having sold 5,183 vehicles in the January-October period. BMW, which had occupied the No. 1 […]

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Julian Ryall, a reporter for the British daily The Scotsman recently visited the disputed Dokdo islets and wrote an article about it. Basically the same old Dokdo garbage, but I thought this passage was pretty telling:
So if Korea is so firm on its position over Dokdo, why won’t it boldly take the case to […]

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If you really care:
South Korea and Japan held talks on Monday to take the steam out of a simmering dispute over desolate islands claimed by both countries.
Tensions have flared in the past year and a half over the islands, called Tokto in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan, which lie about the same distance from […]

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In a way this really isn’t surprising; here is another scandal that makes Korea look stupid in the eyes of the Japanese and anyone else in the world that follows this stupid Dokdo issue. The Dokdo Museum on Ulleongdo Island has apparently forged an old Korean map in order to make their point that […]

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The Dokdo Riders have been out of the spotlight for a while now but Jeff over at Ruminations in Korea has a great wrap up of the Dokdo Riders mission to bring awareness to the issue on every American’s mind, the Dokdo Islands. A absolutely hilarious read.
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Maybe Kim Jong-il was really just trying to sink the Japanese coast guard boat off of the Dokdo islets:
The North¿s short- and mid-range missile launches continued for nearly four hours starting at 3:32 a.m. According to government officials, all dropped into the sea on the near side of the Japanese archipelago.
In the midst of all […]

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The Great Dokdo War which holds the fate of all mankind within it’s balance may be entering a new crisis:
Korea has decided to push ahead with a scientific survey next week near Dokdo, a set of rocky islets in the East Sea (also known as the Sea of Japan), setting the stage for another diplomatic […]

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