Yonhap News: “President Bush Knows About Dokdo”
And is apparently preparing his remarks on the subject for next month’s visit. Perhaps his words can mollify the protestors planning to greet him.
Update: Maybe the president really does care about the issue. The Chosun Ilbo reports that in a meeting with reporters from the Chosun Ilbo, Bangkok Post, China’s People’s Daily and Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, President Bush said that, “the Dokdo database will be returned to its previous state of seven days ago” and called for Korea and Japan to come to a peaceful resolution of the dispute. The paper says that he spoke knowledgeably on Dokdo, Ulleung-do, and Korea and Japan in general. Also, in a brief interview with the Chosun Ambassador Lee said that, “our current goal is for the name Dokdo to be used generally,” rather than Liancourt Rocks.