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S. Korea’s Roh vows islets defense
President’s national address latest verbal volley with Japan
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
SEOU, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s president vowed Tuesday to strongly
defend a string of disputed islets against Japanese claims, saying that Tokyo’s
actions were tantamount to a rejection of Korea’s independence from its previous
colonial ruler.
“We will react strongly and sternly against and physical provocation,” President Roh
Moo-hyun said in a nationally televised address. “This is a problem that can never
be given up or negotiated, no matter at what cost or sacrifice.”
It was the highest-profile criticism of Japan yet from South Korea, which harbors
deep-rooted bitterness toward Japan for its 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean
Peninsula.
The islets – known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese – are currently
under South Korean control. The long-running dispute over the territory flared anew
this month when Japan said it would conduct a maritime survey in waters surrounding
the islets.
After negotiations in Seoul, Japan agreed to cancel the survey as long South Korea
delays its move to officially register the Korean names in the area.
Roh, appearing solemn, reiterated Tuesday that it was South Korea’s “given right” to
register the Korean names.
“To our people, Dokdo is a symbol of complete restoration of sovereignty.”
The president said, calling Tokyo’s territorial claim “an act that denies Korea’s
complete liberation and independence.”
“We will never tolerate this,” Roh said.
The latest spat marked a further deterioration in ties between the two countries,
which have struggled for years to overcome their centuries-long history of animosity.
In addition to the islet feud, the two sides are at odds over Japanese Prime Minster
Junichiro Koizumi’s repeated visits to a Tokyo war shrine along with school textbooks
that critics say gloss over the country’s past abuses.
“We no longer ask for a new apology,” Roh said. “We are saying (Japan) should stop
insulting Korea’s sovereignty and national pride through acts that either glorify or justify
its past wrongs.”
“Friendly relations between Korea and Japan will never be sustained” if Tokyo
continues to glorify its history of militarism. Roh said.
President’s national address latest verbal volley with Japan
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
SEOU, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s president vowed Tuesday to strongly
defend a string of disputed islets against Japanese claims, saying that Tokyo’s
actions were tantamount to a rejection of Korea’s independence from its previous
colonial ruler.
“We will react strongly and sternly against and physical provocation,” President Roh
Moo-hyun said in a nationally televised address. “This is a problem that can never
be given up or negotiated, no matter at what cost or sacrifice.”
It was the highest-profile criticism of Japan yet from South Korea, which harbors
deep-rooted bitterness toward Japan for its 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean
Peninsula.
The islets – known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese – are currently
under South Korean control. The long-running dispute over the territory flared anew
this month when Japan said it would conduct a maritime survey in waters surrounding
the islets.
After negotiations in Seoul, Japan agreed to cancel the survey as long South Korea
delays its move to officially register the Korean names in the area.
Roh, appearing solemn, reiterated Tuesday that it was South Korea’s “given right” to
register the Korean names.
“To our people, Dokdo is a symbol of complete restoration of sovereignty.”
The president said, calling Tokyo’s territorial claim “an act that denies Korea’s
complete liberation and independence.”
“We will never tolerate this,” Roh said.
The latest spat marked a further deterioration in ties between the two countries,
which have struggled for years to overcome their centuries-long history of animosity.
In addition to the islet feud, the two sides are at odds over Japanese Prime Minster
Junichiro Koizumi’s repeated visits to a Tokyo war shrine along with school textbooks
that critics say gloss over the country’s past abuses.
“We no longer ask for a new apology,” Roh said. “We are saying (Japan) should stop
insulting Korea’s sovereignty and national pride through acts that either glorify or justify
its past wrongs.”
“Friendly relations between Korea and Japan will never be sustained” if Tokyo
continues to glorify its history of militarism. Roh said.
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