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Asahi Shimbun
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Asahi Shimbun
South Korea summons Japan's defense attache in protest over island claims
A 1:2,000,000 aerial navigation map developed by the U.S. Air Force in 1954, which is kept at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, shows a dotted line representing the Japan-South Korea border between the Takeshima islets, or Liancourt Rocks, and nearby Ullung-do island. (Provided by the Japan Institute of International Affairs) SEOUL--South Korea's defense ministry summoned Japan's defense attache on Tuesday to protest over an annual white paper published by Tokyo, which made a territorial claim over disputed islands located in the East Sea. Both sides claim longstanding territorial rights over the islands, which are known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese and lie roughly halfway between the two countries. South Korea's Defense Ministry said in a statement its international affairs chief Lee Kwang-seok had summoned the Japanese defense attache to Korea in protest. Lee demanded the immediate removal of Japan's territorial claims from the paper and added that the government will 'sternly respond to any attempts to harm sovereignty over the Dokdo islands.' Tokyo has claimed the islands as its own territory in its annual defense white paper for decades, prompting protests from Seoul. The islands are currently controlled by Seoul with a small contingent of coast guards.
Japan Today
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Japan Today
S Korea summons Japan's defense attache in protest over island claims
A set of remote islands called Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese South Korea's defense ministry summoned Japan's defense attache on Tuesday to protest over an annual white paper published by Tokyo, which made a territorial claim over disputed islands located in the East Sea. Both sides claim longstanding territorial rights over the islands, which are known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese, and lie roughly halfway between the two countries. South Korea's Defense Ministry said in a statement its international affairs chief Lee Kwang-seok had summoned the Japanese defense attache to Korea in protest. Lee demanded the immediate removal of Japan's territorial claims from the paper and added that the government will "sternly respond to any attempts to harm sovereignty over the Dokdo islands". Tokyo has claimed the islands as its own territory in its annual defense white paper for decades, prompting protests from Seoul. The islands are currently controlled by Seoul with a small contingent of coast guards. © Thomson Reuters 2025.
Korea Herald
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Korea Herald
S. Korea summons Japan's defence attach in protest over island claims
South Korea's defence ministry summoned Japan's defence attache on Tuesday to protest over an annual white paper published by Tokyo, which made a territorial claim over disputed islands located in the East Sea. Both sides claim longstanding territorial rights over the islands, which are known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese, and lie roughly halfway between the two countries. South Korea's Defence Ministry said in a statement its international affairs chief Lee Kwang-seok had summoned the Japanese defence attache to Korea in protest. Lee demanded the immediate removal of Japan's territorial claims from the paper and added that the government will "sternly respond to any attempts to harm sovereignty over the Dokdo islands". Tokyo has claimed the islands as its own territory in its annual defence white paper for decades, prompting protests from Seoul. The islands are currently controlled by Seoul with a small contingent of coast guards. (Reuters)
Straits Times
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
South Korea summons Japan's defence attach in protest over island claims
Find out what's new on ST website and app. FILE PHOTO: A set of remote islands called Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese is seen in this picture, east of Seoul August 10, 2012. REUTERS/The Blue House/Handout/File Photo SEOUL - South Korea's defence ministry summoned Japan's defence attache on Tuesday to protest over an annual white paper published by Tokyo, which made a territorial claim over disputed islands located in the East Sea. Both sides claim longstanding territorial rights over the islands, which are known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese, and lie roughly halfway between the two countries. South Korea's Defence Ministry said in a statement its international affairs chief Lee Kwang-seok had summoned the Japanese defence attache to Korea in protest. Lee demanded the immediate removal of Japan's territorial claims from the paper and added that the government will "sternly respond to any attempts to harm sovereignty over the Dokdo islands". Tokyo has claimed the islands as its own territory in its annual defence white paper for decades, prompting protests from Seoul. The islands are currently controlled by Seoul with a small contingent of coast guards. REUTERS
