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        "msgid": "south-korea-protests-japans-takeshima-day-event-over-disputed-islands-1771769800",
        "date": "2026-02-22 18:57:23",
        "title": "South Korea Protests Japan's 'Takeshima Day' Event over Disputed Islands",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "South Korea has lodged a formal protest against Japan's Takeshima Day ceremony held by Shimane Prefecture, demanding its immediate cancellation and summoning a senior Japanese diplomat in Seoul. The disputed Dokdo\/Takeshima islands remain a persistent source of bilateral tension rooted in Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, with the territory sitting atop potentially vast natural gas hydrate reserves worth billions of dollars.",
        "content": "<p>South Korea has protested a Japanese government event commemorating a\ndisputed island chain between the two countries. Seoul described the\nmove as an unjust assertion of sovereignty over its territory.<\/p>\n<p>Reported on Sunday (22\/2\/2026), the South Korean Ministry of Foreign\nAffairs said in a statement that it strongly objected to the Takeshima\nDay event held by Japan\u2019s Shimane Prefecture and the attendance of a\nsenior Japanese government official. The ministry urged Japan to cancel\nthe ceremony immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The small islands, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South\nKorea \u2014 which controls them \u2014 have long been a source of tension between\nthe two neighbouring countries. Relations remain strained due to\ndisputes rooted in Japan\u2019s colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula from\n1910 to 1945.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDokdo is clearly South Korean sovereign territory historically,\ngeographically, and under international law,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea called on Japan to cease what it described as groundless\nclaims and to face history with humility. The South Korean ministry\nsummoned a senior Japanese diplomat to the ministry building in Seoul to\ndeliver the protest.<\/p>\n<p>A person at Japan\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said no one was\navailable for comment on Sunday. Calls to the Prime Minister\u2019s Office\nwent unanswered. The government had sent a vice-minister from the\nCabinet Office, rather than a cabinet minister, to the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, South Korea has repeatedly objected to Japan\u2019s territorial\nclaims over the islands, including a protest issued on Friday over\ncomments by Japan\u2019s Foreign Minister during a parliamentary speech\nasserting Tokyo\u2019s sovereignty over the islets.<\/p>\n<p>The territory lies in fertile fishing grounds and may sit atop vast\nnatural gas hydrate reserves potentially worth billions of dollars,\naccording to Seoul.<\/p>",
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