South Korea protests against Japan's renewed territorial claims to islets

Japanese training ships conduct a passing exercise with USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea, on July 7, 2020. - Reuters

SEOUL (Xinhua): South Korea expressed strong protest Tuesday (July 14) against Japan's renewed territorial claims to the Dokdo islets, which is called Takeshima by Japan lying halfway between the two countries.

The Seoul foreign ministry said in a statement that the government strongly protested against Japan over its repeated unjust territorial claims to Dokdo that is "clearly our inherent territory historically, geographically and by international law."