Korea Studies Scholar Speaks on Dokdo
The scholar in question is Robert Buswell, whose memoir of life as a Buddhist monk I have now got to read. Anyway, when he spoke on Dokdo, the Joongang Ilbo listened. The Korea Times was more interested in his thoughts on how to grow Korean Studies in the USA.
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.
Teachers’ Groups to Conduct Special Classes on Dokdo
Korea’s two teachers’ organizations have decided to give special lectures on the history of Dokdo the next semester, following Japan’s renewed territorial claim over the islets.
The Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations said Wednesday it will conduct classes on Dokdo in the fall semester, and will post an educational cartoon on the Dokdo issue on its Internet homepage so that teachers can use them for class material. more »
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