In April 2024, Japanese officials received another demarche about renewed Japanese claims to the disputed Dokdo (Takeshima) islets. Criticism of the Yoon administration’s Japan policy has dovetailed ...

However, the recent increase in tensions over historical legacy issues including comfort women (sex slaves) and the Dokdo/Takeshima Island has served to strengthen more nationalistic elements in ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is paying a visit to the Republic of Korea on Friday and Saturday as the relationship ...

Tokyo has never withdrawn its stance on the Dokdo Islands, which Japan calls Takeshima and claims are a part of its territory. This is one area where the Yoon government has stood firm.

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was wearing comfort women’s clothing and argued that Takeshima is Korean territory.” In the video, RM sang “Dokdo is Our Land” while dressed in a hanbok, a traditional Korean garment.

Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung bedridden with the Covid-19 symptom has ordered his party to investigate and campaign against the government’s attempt to “erase Dokdo.” He is misleading the ...