The foreign ministry said Tuesday it will take stern action against Japan's repeated territorial claim to South Korea's ...

celebrating the 70th anniversary of the day the Dokdo Volunteer Forces defended South Korea's easternmost islets from Japanese invasion. The forces, made up of civilians, successfully repelled the ...

North Korea claims the Takeshima islets, called Dokdo in Korean, are Korean territory. South Korea now effectively controls those islands, while Japan considers them to be part of Shimane Prefecture.