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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
SEOUL, December 10 (Xinhua) — The Office of the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) confirmed on Tuesday that the country's easternmost islands, Dokdo (called Takeshima in Japan), are unequivocally South Korean, rejecting Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's renewed claims to them, the Renhap News Agency reported on Tuesday.
A senior official in the Presidential Office rejected Sanae Takaichi's remarks made earlier during the parliamentary session, emphasizing that there is no territorial dispute over the Dokdo Islands. "Dokdo is an integral part of Korean territory from a historical, geographical, and international legal perspective," the official said. "We will respond firmly to Japan's unfair claims regarding Dokdo."
During a meeting of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee on Tuesday, Sanae Takaichi supported a ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker's assertion that the islands, known as Takeshima, are under South Korea's "illegal occupation." She asserted that the islands are an "integral part of Japan's territory" and stated that her government will work to strengthen its position both domestically and internationally, The Chosun Daily reported on Tuesday.
According to Renhap News Agency, this is Seoul's first decisive response to Tokyo since President Lee Jae-myung took office in June.
South Korea has long protested Japan's renewed territorial claims to the disputed islands located between the two countries.
South Korea regained sovereignty over the Dokdo Islands after liberating the Korean Peninsula from Japanese colonial rule between 1910 and 1945. Since then, Seoul has maintained control of the islands, stationing a small police force there.
South Koreans view Japan's territorial claims as a denial of colonial history, as the Dokdo Islands were the first territory forcibly occupied by Japan. –0–
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