ROK rejects proposal in island row

South Korea's Public Administration and Security Minister Maeng Hyung-kyu (third from left), Governor of North Gyeongsang Province Kim Kwan-yong (fourth from right) and other officials pose during an unveiling ceremony for a new monument on the east island of a set of remote islands called Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan, east of Seoul on Sunday. Office of North Gyeongsang Province via Reuters