ROK-Japan dispute worries US
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Tensions">Tensions</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Seoul">Seoul</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disputed">disputed</span> <span word="islands">islands</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rift">rift</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="prompting">prompting</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="worry">worry</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="shaky">shaky</span> <span word="US">US</span>-<span word="Japan">Japan</span>-<span word="ROK">ROK</span> <span word="trilateral">trilateral</span> <span word="collaboration">collaboration</span>, <span word="analysts">analysts</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="ROK">ROK</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Lee">Lee</span> <span word="Myung">Myung</span>-<span word="bak">bak</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="reaction">reaction</span> "<span word="expected">expected</span>" <span word="when">when</span> <span word="discussing">discussing</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Aug">Aug</span> 10 <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disputed">disputed</span> <span word="islands">islands</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="Seoul">Seoul</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="Dokdo">Dokdo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="Takeshima">Takeshima</span>.</p><p><span word="Lee">Lee</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="planned">planned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> "<span word="for">for</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="years">years</span>", <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="chose">chose</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="express">express</span> '<span word="negative">negative</span> <span word="attitudes">attitudes</span>' <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="islands">islands</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="issues">issues</span>", <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ROK">ROK</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Yonhap">Yonhap</span> <span word="News">News</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Yoshihiko">Yoshihiko</span> <span word="Noda">Noda</span> <span word="recalled">recalled</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="ambassador">ambassador</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ROK">ROK</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discuss">discuss</span> <span word="countermeasures">countermeasures</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="focused">focused</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lodge">lodge</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="islands">islands</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Court">Court</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Justice">Justice</span>.</p><p><span word="Seoul">Seoul</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="dismissed">dismissed</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="respond">respond</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="request">request</span>.</p><p><span word="Joongang">Joongang</span> <span word="Ilbo">Ilbo</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ROK">ROK</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="slammed">slammed</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="request">request</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="to">to</span> "<span word="regionalize">regionalize</span>" <span word="the">the</span> <span word="issue">issue</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="resolution">resolution</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="requires">requires</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="presence">presence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="ROK">ROK</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="coastguard">coastguard</span> <span word="detachment">detachment</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="islands">islands</span> <span word="since">since</span> 1954 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="currently">currently</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="Seoul">Seoul</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="control">control</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ROK">ROK</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="friction">friction</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fluctuating">fluctuating</span> <span word="nationalist">nationalist</span> <span word="mood">mood</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="islands">islands</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p>
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