Liancourt Rocks
The Liancourt Rocks are a group of small islets in the Sea of Japan. While South Korea controls the islets, its sovereignty over them is contested by Japan.
South Korea classifies the islets as Dokdo-ri, Ulleung-eup, Ulleung County, North Gyeongsang Province, and calls them Dokdo. Wikipedia
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The Liancourt Rocks are a group of small islets in the Sea of Japan. ... Other names: Liancourt Islets, Liancourt Islands, Takeshima, Dokdo, Tok Islets.
Liancourt Rocks dispute · Dokdo Volunteer Garrison · Category
Population: Approximately 34
Location: Sea of Japan
County: Ulleung County, North Gyeongsang
Town: Okinoshima, Shimane
Liancourt Rocks dispute · Dokdo Volunteer Garrison · Category
Population: Approximately 34
Location: Sea of Japan
County: Ulleung County, North Gyeongsang
Town: Okinoshima, Shimane
Dokdo Takeshima Island (called Liancourt Rocks by some nations and Takeshima by Japan) is 215 kms from mainland Korea and 250 kms from Japan proper.
Nov 14, 2018 · “Dokdo is a good example of that. This is one thing that they kept back from World War II and it's very important to them to keep it.” And while ...
Oct 9, 2021 · South Korea and Japan share an at times volatile post-war relationship. The dispute over the Dokdo/Takeshima islets remains a significant point ...
Aug 10, 2012 · Profile: Dokdo/Takeshima islands · The island grouping at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between South Korea and Japan is known by several ...
Apr 12, 2021 · In The Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute, Paul Huth, Sunwoong Kim, and Terence Roehrig have assembled some of the top scholars from Japan, South Korea, ...
Lying almost equidistant between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, the tiny islets called Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan, are claimed by both ...
Known in Korea as Dokdo (Solitary Island) and in Japan as Takeshima (Bamboo Island), this group of disputed islets in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) ...
Apr 27, 2020 · The Dokdo/Takeshima dispute is not a new phenomenon. Rather, the islands, which are located midway between Japan and South Korea, ...
Before the Russo-Japanese War, both Korea and Japan recognized Dokdo/Takeshima as Korean territory. In the course of the war, Japan attempted to offset Russian ...