ROK-Japan dispute worries US
By Zhang Yunbi | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-14 08:12
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Republic of Korea singer Kim Jang-hoon (right) and a swimming club member swim in the sea off Uljin, 225 km southeast of Seoul, on Monday. A team of ROK residents began a 230-km relay swim from an eastern port to the Dokdo Islands, in Seoul's latest assertion of its sovereignty over the outcrops claimed by Japan. Yonhap Via Agence France-Presse |
Tensions between Seoul and Tokyo over the disputed islands continued on Monday, and the rift is prompting Washington to worry about the already shaky US-Japan-ROK trilateral collaboration, analysts said.
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