Beautiful Dokdo and Ulleungdo

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Since the end of World War II, small islets between Korea and Japan have been the site of territorial arguments and friction. Japan calls the islets Takishima while Korea names the region Dokdo. Despite overwhelming evidence that the land is Korean Territory (even Google recognizes this), the one thing that cannot be disputed is the beauty to be captured with a camera when one visits this remote locale.

All images were taken by Johanne Miller and you can see more of her awesome photography at http://JohanneMiller.com.

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[lsilverstar]

Wow... nice photo

[qiranger]

@lsilverstar Thank you!

[benthecoolman2]

nice photos and i loved the music that went with it

[qiranger]

@benthecoolman2 Thanks!

[phampants]

Breathtaking photos.  Gosh, this makes me want to be traveling again.

[qiranger]

@phampants Looking forward to starting our vacation!

[qiranger]

@onceatraveler I find the juxtaposition of choppy waters and rocky landscapes intriguing and captivating. It's one of the reasons why the images taken are beautiful. While the tourist business to the islets stems from the controversy, its beauty does not. without that tourism, riding to a remote islet such as this would be cost prohibitive for most photographers. Also note, there is no sponsorship message in the video, so the opinion is mine. Such videos are always noted.

[qiranger]

@overmins Thank you!

[seomoonho]

Bravo~Korea~~

[JamConcerned]

Wow I just love her work. I can never get my pictures to look this good. :-(

[herbeauty100]

It's soooo obviously Korean land. so many ancient literatures prove that fact....

[superkoo8]

@Amagusdrop Proof please. Provide sources as to when the ROK army killed the so called Japanese inhabitants of the island. You nutcase, the only true inhabitant who lived on the island was a Korean fisherman and his wife. They've been living there for over 30 years!

[schubaka]

@Amagusdrop Are you also again faking Japanese? Japanese govt. stole the island(islet) 1905 against Korea already by force first!

And they were not inhabitants there. they were just working fishing true seals illegally like current Chinese fishermen on beside west fishing grounds of Korea . If you want to mention about the killing thing that is not affordable to Korea at least, Think about what Japanese did crimes onto Korea first!

[Amagusdrop]

@schubaka Do you know that Japanese people lived in the island until 1947. ROK Navy came and killed the island inhabitants and took the island by force. Thats why we are still protesting.

[schubaka]

Dokdo island is a last baby to Koreans, that is meant be a keeping kinda last dignity of independence of Korea against various invasions from beside countries along the 2000years. Of course not only pin down in emotional heart, though there firmly exist various historical evidences. It almost be lost during Korean War in 1952 against Japanese lobby to the UN under Japanese their money at San Francisco agreement even Korean government couldn't participate the Agreement due to the Korean War.