Another perspective on the troubled relations of the East Asian neighbors. Two tiny islets in the Sea of Japan continue to undermine ties between Japan and South Korea.
The CIA had referred to the Dokdo islets as "Liancourt Rocks" on the map of Korea in its annual publication. "Liancourt Rocks" was a neutral name that the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN ...
TASS/. Tokyo lodged a protest with Seoul and Moscow after South Korean fighter jets had been scrambled to intercept a Russian warplane over the Liancourt Rocks located in the Sea of Japan ...