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  • Korea currently possesses the island, which it calls Dokdo (or Tokto), maintains a presence there, and seems to have the prior legitimate claim (based on old maps).

    President Roh Moo-hyun's Letter to the Korean People Horace Jeffery Hodges 2005

  • The disputed territory is known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

    Japan Protests S. Korean Visit to Disputed Isles 2011

  • The disputed islets are known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan

    CNN.com 2011

  • The outcroppings are known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • The outcroppings are known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The disputed islets are known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan

    CNN.com 2011

  • South Korea passionately disagrees over the sovereignty of the island they call Dokdo, known to the Japanese as Takeshima.

    Stars and Stripes 2010

  • A government official said it remains to be seen whether these documents can serve as 100 percent decisive data because they were proclaimed when Japan was still under U.S. military control after the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Instruction Notes (SCAPIN) No. 677, an international document that shows Dokdo is Korean territory, was issued in January

    english.chosun.com : Total 2009

  • Heated rhetoric this week over Japanese claims to the islands—known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan—was met mostly with shrugs in Japan, where worries over the strong yen, contaminated food and rebuilding dominated conversation.

    Seoul, Tokyo in Land Dispute Evan Ramstad 2011

  • Nerves were already on edge after Korean Airlines last month staged a demonstration flight of a new aircraft over another well-known disputed island, called Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese.

    Japan, South Korea At Odds Again Over Territorial Dispute 2011

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