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South Korea demands Japan revise defense white paper on Dokdo.

YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea

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SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea Friday demanded Japan revise its defense white paper that includes a set of rocky South Korean islets in the East Sea as its territory. Dokdo has long been the target of Japan's territorial claims. South Korea has stationed a police contingent on the islets since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War to symbolize its ownership. A married couple now resides there during the fishing season. "We repeatedly urge the Japanese government to acknowledge that its sovereignty claim over Dokdo is a behavior that hampers the future-oriented development of South Korea-Japan relations by trying to justify its colonial past," the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry summoned the military attache at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul and lodged a strong ...

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