Seasons in the Kingdom
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Islands in the Stream...
SEOUL/TOKYO, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will send back a protest letter on Thursday from Japan's prime minister to President Lee Myung-bak over his visit to the easternmost South Korean islets of Dokdo, citing "incorrect and unjust" claims regarding Dokdo in the letter, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young also lodged a "strong protest" against Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba's Wednesday remarks that described South Korea's control of the islets as an "illegal occupation," calling on Tokyo to immediately stop laying an "unjustified claim" to Dokdo.
"Our embassy in Tokyo will meet with the Japanese side today to return the letter of Prime Minister Noda to Japan's foreign ministry," Cho told reporters. (read full article here)
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