Seoul Strongly Protests Japan's Defense White Paper Claiming Dokdo, Demands Withdrawal

The South Korean government has strongly protested and demanded the immediate withdrawal of Japan's renewed territorial claims to Dokdo in its latest defense white paper.

"The government strongly protests the Japanese government's repeated, unjust assertions of sovereignty over Dokdo, which is clearly our sovereign territory historically, geographically, and under international law, through its defense white paper, and urges its immediate withdrawal," said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Park Doo-sun during a regular briefing today (August 4).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned an official from the Japanese Embassy in South Korea this afternoon.

Japan has continued its unwarranted claims regarding Dokdo in its defense white paper for 22 consecutive years since 2005.
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