Rock-Solid Figure Campaigns in High-Tide Disputes Over Tok-do.

From: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) | Date: June 6, 2000 | Copyright information

The tide of territorial dispute over Tok-do Island between Korea and Japan is no less high than any other times, at least among Koreans, following the recent controversial bilateral fisheries accord. Among those campaigning to keep the island Korean is a monolithic figure with a will as solid as the island's rock and a position as solitary as the very name of the easternmost Korean island.

He once sent a gift to President Kim Dae-jung of a bottle of local liquor named ``Tokdo'' and a dried yellowtail called ``pang-o'' whose Korean name sounds the same as the word for ...

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