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Article: (LEAD) South Korea to Allow Free Access to Dokdo Islets.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- March 16, 2005
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SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will virtually allow free civilian access to its Dokdo islets in a measure to counter Japanese claims to the territory, officials said Wednesday. "We decided to open to public access Dokdo, designated as a natural protection area, with the people's interest in the area growing," Yoo Hong-joon, head of the Cultural Heritage Administration, told reporters.Tourism to the islets will be permitted if it does not affect the geology and ecosystem of Dokdo, he said.South Korea designated Dokdo as a natural monument in November 1982. So far, civilian access to the rocky islets in the East Sea, also known as Sea of Japan, ...