S. Korea welcomes U.S. move in support of claim to islets

S. Korea welcomes U.S. move in support of claim to islets

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's spokesman Lee Dong Kwan speaks at a press conference at the presidential office in Seoul on July 31. South Korea welcomed the U.S. government's decision to restore wording in a geographic names database to indicate that a pair of isles claimed by Japan are South Korean territory. The rocky islets are located in what South Korea calls the East Sea and Japan calls the Sea of Japan.

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