Dokdo in the News

Julian Ryall, a reporter for the British daily The Scotsman recently visited the disputed Dokdo islets and wrote an article about it. Basically the same old Dokdo garbage, but I thought this passage was pretty telling:

So if Korea is so firm on its position over Dokdo, why won’t it boldly take the case to International Court of Justice? The article quotes Lee again: “The government does not think the court could take the historical (colonial) relationship seriously and it does not know whether the evidence that would be presented to the court would be effective.

“Korea is concerned about an unpredictable outcome and that we could lose this case. If Seoul agreed to go to an international court, it would lose the advantage that it enjoys at the moment by being in control of the islands.”

I guess forged maps don’t go over very well in a court of law.