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Article: (ROUNDUP) South Korea angrily reacts to Japan's claim to Dokdo.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- July 15, 2008
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SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Monday angrily responded to Japan's provocative territorial claim to the easternmost South Korean islets of Dokdo, with Seoul's Foreign Ministry announcing the recall of its ambassador to Tokyo in protest.Japan's Education Ministry earlier on Monday released an educational document that describes the South Korean islets in the East Sea as part of Japanese territory, though Dokdo has historically been controlled by South Korea.The Japanese announcement immediately stirred a wave of resentment across South Korea, as President Lee Myung-bak, political leaders and civic activists called for stern counteractions to thwart ...