Korea by Simon Richmond

Author:Simon Richmond
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 0383798000
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Published: 2010-10-14T10:00:00+00:00

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WAITING FOR DOK-DO

In 1905, during the Japanese occupation, Japan annexed Dok-do – fishing grounds marked by two small, rocky islands – and renamed it Takeshima. Korea protested, but as a colony did not have much say. Following WWII, US general Douglas MacArthur designated the island part of Korea, and US forces erected a monument there to Korean fishermen accidentally killed nearby by American ordnance. However, Japan destroyed the monument in 1952, prompting Korea to send a defence unit and Japan to put the island under surveillance. It remains disputed territory because of its fishing rights, and fuels Korean ire at the Japanese.

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