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.

South Korea says Dokdo was recognised by Japan as Korean territory in 1696, after a run-in between Korean and Japanese fishermen. The island grouping was formally placed under the jurisdiction of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.