Dokdo (also known internationally as the Liancourt Rocks and in Japan as Takeshima) is an island located in the East Sea of Korea. South Korea asserts its territorial sovereignty over Dokdo ...

For Hong Seong-keun, it’s hard to separate his family history from his dedication to advocating the truth behind Japan’s unlawful seizure of Dokdo in 1905.

Dokdo was rightly restored to Korea after World War II, it says. "Dokdo is an integral part of Korean territory historically, geographically and under international law," it says on a government ...

Modern Korea will not lose Dokdo a second time. Calls for South Korean leaders to show “rational cool-headedness” or “strategic thinking” towards Japan over the Dokdo issue reduce this ...

The Korean government has once again found itself in a tense situation with Japan after a recent diplomatic move by Tokyo. In response to Japan’s inclusion of a territorial claim to Dokdo in its ...

SEOUL, Jan. 26 (UPI) --North Korea lambasted Japan after Tokyo's foreign minister had said a group of disputed islets is Japanese territory. Fumio Kishida had said Friday the territory is Japanese ...

As many as 200 ancient Japanese maps have been confirmed to mark Dokdo in the East Sea as Korean territory, a government-funded foundation here said Friday. The Dokdo Foundation said it has ...

Park Gui-bin Announcer (hereinafter referred to as Park Gui-bin): October 25th, today is Dokdo Day. It was established to express the will to protect Dokdo and to declare that it is Korean territory.

North Korea claims the Takeshima islets, called Dokdo in Korean, are Korean territory. South Korea now effectively controls those islands, while Japan considers them to be part of Shimane Prefecture.