S. Korean protest against Japan's annual event to promote island claim

S. Korean protest against Japan's annual event to promote island claim

People stage a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 22 2018, to protest an annual event held by a local Japanese municipality to highlight Japan's claim to sovereignty over a South Korean-administered group of islets, called Takeshima by Japan and Dokdo by South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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