Japan and S. Korea at Loggerheads

CHEN:
A group of rocky outcrop islands are at the center of a nationalistic storm. Both Japan and South Korea claim ownership. Insulting behavior has increased and now blood is flowing.

STORY:
A diplomatic bust-up between South Korea and Japan over a territorial dispute turns bloody.

A group of former South Korean elite soldiers slaughtered Japan's national bird outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul.

The pheasants smashed bodies were left to bleed out on Japanese flags, each one carrying a picture of prime minister Yasuo Fukuda.

The Japanese leader rekindled the territorial tug-of-war over this unihabited island chain last week, when he reportedly told the South Korean president of Japan's plan to refer to the islands as Japanese territory in
teaching manuals.

[Oh Kwang-Sik, Former South Korean Soldier]:
"The Dokdo is clearly our territory and the Japanese government must stop distorting not only their textbooks but also history."

South Korea refers to the desolate islets as Dokdo. Japan calls them Takeshima.

The islets, which are roughly equidistant from Korea and Japan, lie in rich fishing grounds which are also thought to contain potential natural gas deposits.

South Korea believes its territorial claim is stronger, not least because the country maintains a martime police force there.

Earlier this week, South Korea recalled its ambassador to Japan in protest.

President Lee Myung-bak has promised a tough response, including possible legal action.

Heated protests outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul are set to continue.

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[jakob0815]

poor birds.

[aiG0oChamNa]

These people were IDIOTs, but we all have to understand that MOST KOREANS WOULDNT DO THIS. these are only radicals, and i know that this is wrong but, Its true that Dokdo is Korea's territory according to maps from centuries ago. I think the Korean people are just tired of being bullied by the japanese, but these few people showed it in a wrong way.

[charizardpal]

Shouldn't they be arrested for animal rights abuse? Or do they not have animal rights in South Korea? I''m disgusted.

[Insanekid95]

God, don't kill the bird! It's not like its their fault they're a symbol of Japan!

[tokee1234567]

yea, and japan and the US is supposed to have a decision over a territory that has been occupied and inhabited by koreans for thousands of years?? don't even start

[radiowave433]

Poor birds. Korean, stop doing unnessary brutal killing. How they could get sympathy by doing such thing.

[iluvfpoon]

These people were soldiers and were radical. Any country with patriotic people would do the same in thie preposterous matter. Japan had used Dokdo as an outpost as they invaded Korea. Plus they pissed off the Russians as well. If the Russians hadn't been at war with Germany, all of the 5 million troops of the Soviets would have owned Japan in no time.

GO SOVIETS!

GO KOREANS!

[kakana21]

What are you doing?

Self-styled civilization person.

[KnifeThrowingGuy]

then koreans must apologize for raping and killing vietnamese

[ajshim]

this tension between these two nations really needs to be put to an end.

[dehbee]

yeah lets kill and brutally torture a bunch of innocent country birds (as if the birds chose to be the national bird) to show how awesome korea is! and how much they deserve the island. way to do korea, you fail.