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shakuhachi · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Location: Sydney

Gunshake, you arent convincing anyone. You only offer insults. I have an open mind, so if you have something to show me that will change my 'crippled mind', then lets see it.

DrewAgain · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Location: Canada

Gunshake · Joined: 01 Feb 2005

chronicpride · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Thanks for the slap-in-the-face that you just gave me on your way out, by completely snubbing the long post where I lobbied and appealed to you at length that your voice here is appreciated, welcomed, and encouraged by others, and that your feelings on this issue are totally respected and justified.

Please be considerate of your selective oversight of the positive things that have been said on these past few pages and therefore, for the sake of upholding your own integrity, please act responsibly and be honest with yourself when you go out and speak of foreigners to other Koreans, that there are a helluva lot of us that care.

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

I walked by a restaurant today called �ع� �� 츮�� (Seafood - Dokdo is our land).

I like political statements in restaurant names. I wish more places would do that. Maybe Bennigans could rename their chain Give Ireland Back To The Irish.

Sparkles*_*

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Air Force jets scrambled to repel Tokto intrusion
South Korean Air Force jets were scrambled yesterday to intercept a Japanese civilian plane that was on the verge of intruding into air space above the disputed Tokto islands. The flight ratcheted up tensions after a string of recent incidents reignited a simmering territorial dispute over the tiny islands, which are claimed by both Japan and Korea. An official with the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday that a C-560 Cessna, belonging to the Asahi Shimbun, a major Japanese daily, asked South Korean authorities at Incheon International Airport for permission to enter the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) in order to take pictures. The request was denied.

But at 9:28 am, South Korean military monitoring the airspace around the peninsula noticed the plane leaving Japan's Osaka International Airport. A South Korean air patrol of four F-5 jets was then alerted. Air defense forces issued four radio warnings at around 10 a.m. to the Japanese plane. By this time, the four South Korean interceptors were within 50 kilometers (30 miles) of the Japanese plane. On the ground, two F-4 jets at Daegu Airport were also readied.

However, after the warnings, the plane--that had come within a mile of the KADIZ--turned away and headed back to Japan. "If it turns out that the plane did this intentionally, we will ask the Japanese government to take measures to prevent similar incidents," said a Foreign Ministry official. The Asahi Shimbun said the aircraft had no intention of intruding.
by Brian Lee, JoongAng Daily (March 09, 2005)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200503/08/200503082219573039900090409041.html

F-5

F-4

C-560 Cessna

W.T.Carl · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

What do you think would happen if those KAF F-5s and F-4s tangle with a Japanese F-15?

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

[EDITORIAL] Wrong decision on Dokdo
The Japanese prefecture of Shimane took gravely misguided action when it passed an ordinance on "Takeshima Day" through its council yesterday, claiming provincial and, by extension, Japanese territorial rights to the Korean Dokdo islets in the East Sea.

As Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said, the action taken by the Japanese prefecture will make no change whatsoever in the status of the rocky islets, which have been under the control of the Korean government with a police detachment guarding them. They are part of Korean territory - undeniably so in effect, in history and under international law.

Still, the prefecture's passage of the ordinance is both provocative and intolerable to the Korean people and government, which will have no other choice but to take countermeasures.

Korea wanted a low-key approach because it did not want to play into Japan's hands. Its rationale was that there was no reason to respond each time when someone else laid an unjustifiable claim to what was legitimately held in our possession. That probably was one of the reasons why Korea restricted access to the islets despite public protests.

Such a restraint is now rendered meaningless by the Shimane Prefecture's declaration of Feb. 22 as "Takeshima Day." The Japanese government will have to realize that whatever countermeasures the Korean government takes in the days ahead, it has provoked these by its own woefully regrettable action or inaction.
The Korea Herald (March 17, 2005)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/03/17/200503170013.asp

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Anti-Japanese sentiments are intensifying, with some civic groups and netizens declaring boycotts of Japanese goods. Gyeongbuk Province's parliament organized a "Protest against Japan's outrageous attempt to claim sovereignty over Dokdo" for around 11:30 a.m. that day in the courtyard of the parliament, where it burned a three meter by two meter Japanese national flag. Three parliamentarians, including Yoon Gyeong-hee (46), shaved their heads in protest.
by Sung-Jin Choi, Donga.com
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005031793638

Dokdo Pier to be Repaired and New Weaponry to be Provided to Dokdo Police
The National Police Agency (NPA) announced Wednesday that it is considering "repairing the Dokdo pier to allow the approach of a 500-ton ship in case average citizens are allowed to visit the islets."

The NPA is also planning to repair the handrails along the pier's passageways and build a shelter in preparation for bad weather conditions. In addition, the NPA decided to replace the garrison's old .50-caliber heavy machine gun with the K-6 machine gun, a new model made in Korea, by this April.
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005031793488