South Korea protests Japanese event over disputed islands (www.reuters.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 23 Feb 02:11
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The tiny islets, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, which controls them, have long been a source of tension between the two neighbours, whose relations remain strained by disputes rooted in Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945.

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ms_lane@lemmy.world on 23 Feb 07:44 next collapse

In a statement, the foreign ministry said it strongly objected to the Takeshima Day event held by Japan’s Shimane prefecture

They’re upset another country had a festival…

No fun allowed in Korea.

iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world on 23 Feb 11:32 collapse

Sure, a country celebrating an ownership festival over some island controlled by a different country. I wonder why the other country might be upset?

Siegfried@lemmy.world on 23 Feb 13:25 collapse

It’s a little worse than that.

Imaging Germany doing a festival conmemorating retaking the polish corridor… and not as a traditional festival but as something they started doing like in 2005.

Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org on 23 Feb 15:22 collapse

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