Japanese Claim Touches Nerve in South Korea; Dispute Over Islands Rekindles Wrath Over Tokyo's Military Past From: The Washington Post | Date: March 20, 2005| Author: Anthony Faiola | Copyright 2005 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Angry swells of South Koreans have protested at the Japanese Embassy here for more than a week, burning the flag of the Rising Sun and expressing emotions so deep that some demonstrators have cut off their fingers. Riot police blocked a group of ex-military commandos from blowing up a propane gas tank at the embassy's gates.

The Korean wrath is the product of a territorial dispute over an uninhabited island chain known as Takeshima in Japanese and Dokdo in Korean. Japan's ambassador i...

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