US urges both South Korea and Japan to resolve the territorial dispute over Dokdo/Takeshima through dialogue
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    • (September 24-30, 2012)

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during her recent talks with the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan, urged both the allies to resolve their bilateral territorial dispute over Dokdo/Takeshima islands through dialogue. The ministerial-level meeting among the three counties was the first after the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute came to the forefront recently with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s visit to the disputed islets in August. 1

    In another development, the recent talks between South Korean foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and his South Korean counterpart Kim sung Hwan over the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute, however ended in discord though both sides agreed to make cooperate in areas such as economy, human and cultural exchanges and security in order to “build stable and forward-looking relations” While Gemba reiterated that the disputed islands were inherently Japanese territory, Kim not only rejected such claims but also opposed Japan’s preparation to take the dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). 2

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