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[tomato]

Here is what I found in a Google search:








Dokdo is our land.


Our land, Dokdo


Lonely island Dokdo, we love you!

[Derrek]

Did someone already mention the goofy Dokdo/anti-Japan ad playing in the movie theaters before movies? The one with the transformer.

I wish someone would record that one onto video and circulate it in Japan via internet. I'm sure that would go over well. Especially the stereotypical geeky Japanese-looking cartoon characters which reminded me a lot of anti-Japan propaganda films shown during WWII.

The "East Sea" ad showing a bunch of school kids in Korea "schooling" a western classroom with letters was downright goofy, too. The Western kids seemed so happy to be corrected by the Koreans.... "Oh, thank-you for correcting us!" I laughed, knowing that kids in the West would probably shrug their shoulders and say, "Yeah, whatever -- who cares!"

[gang ah jee]

[little mixed girl]

^ interesting...

i also didn't know that an expidition was set out to settle dokdo...yet it looks like they've ended up in the arctic...hmm...
is that dokdo??

[VanIslander]

Photo gallery? Surfing around?

Hmmm... I think I'll give it a try:

On my travels along the southern coast, I've been impressed by the sight of the bridges to Korean islands.
They are often scenic.

To Jindo island



To Namhae island (from the west - I prefer the other angle, coming from the east, looks like the Golden Gate bridge put in Norway, pic unavail.)



A second bridge at Namhae:



In Yeosu:



To Wando (after seeing many beautiful island bridges I was a bit disappointed at how unremarkable this one was to experience)



The Tongyeong-to-Geoje Island bridge:



One of the two bridges plus submerged part needed to link Busan with Geoje Island nearly 60 km to the south (presently under construction, until 2009)



The submerged 4km-part of the Busan-to-Geoje Island bridge (presently under construction, until 2009)



Billions of dollars is going into the construction of the Busan-Geoje link for relatively marginal economic gain (shipbuilding and tourism on the island) until one considers studies and reports which show Geoje Island the best place for a Japan-Korea tunnel/bridge system, and plans have already been formally drawn up and presented, but put on the backburner by Korean politicians well aware that public sentiment is against such longterm plans at this moment. Korea is famous for building capacity way before there is a demand for it. Geoje Island is a gold mine for someone wishing to invest now in land for future gain. The property values will jump as 2009 nears and go sky high once Korea and Japan finalize a link (which could take 20-50 years admittedly. But the Japanese consider it "inevitable", showing they have the mindset and political will to make it happen once the Korean government has the courage to do so).

[Derrek]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Derrek, is it really necessary to copy the entire post of pictures to add just one line of comment?

[rapier]

Those bridges are gaudy, ugly, and out of keeping with the landscape. I really dislike them- along with a lot of other ill-considered construction here that is little more than trash hurriedly diumped on the countryside.

The underground highways are better. Whats worse is tyo know that the character and picturesque nature of many islands will be spoiled by being linked to the mainland- just to make more cash for somebody it seems.

there are still some charming islands off the west coast, accessible by a long ferry ride. Long may they stay that way.

[Hyeon Een]

[VanIslander]

[tomato]

Here is a song about Dokdo which I found today:



I hope my translation is at least approximately right:

Lonely island, faraway from me, in the East Sea,
Today a violent wind blows.
With a tiny face I confront the wind.
Dokdo, last night I slept well.

So that is where the martial arts students, pictured in my first post,
got the line about "lonely island"!