Japan: “Obtain prior consent” vs. Korea: “Firm response to our territory”,
【Dokdo=Newsis】The Taegukgi fluttering in front of Dokdo. 2019.10.25 [email protected], ‘[Seoul=Newsis] Byeon Haejeong reporter = The government announced on the 12th that it has reiterated through diplomatic channels Japan’s protest against South Korean ships conducting maritime surveys around Dokdo.’,
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, ‘An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated, “Dokdo is clearly our indigenous territory historically, geographically, and under international law, and we cannot accept any of Japan’s claims regarding our territorial sovereignty.”‘,
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, ‘He further emphasized, “We will firmly respond to Japan’s unfair claims regarding Dokdo, our indigenous territory.”‘,
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, ‘As South Korean survey ship “Haeyang 2000” conducted a maritime survey around Dokdo, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its refusal to accept the survey without Japan’s prior consent within Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on the 11th. On behalf of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Namazu Hiroyuki, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, protested to Kim Janghyeon, Charge d’Affaires at the South Korean Embassy in Japan, and Mibae Daisuke, Minister-Counsellor at the Japanese Embassy in Korea, protested to So Minjeong, Director of the Asia-Pacific Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.’,
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, ‘Japan made a similar protest to the Korean government on the 6th.’,
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, ‘Japan claims Dokdo as its own territory and protests whenever South Korea conducts maritime surveys around Dokdo.’,
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