DIPLOMATIC ECONOMY

By Ron Chen, Bureau Chief, Asia The government of the Republic of Korea strongly protests against the Japanese government’s repeated inclusion of unjust sovereignty claims over Dokdo in the Japanese Foreign Minister’s foreign policy speech at the National Diet of Japan on January 24. The ROK government urges the Japanese government to immediately withdraw such claims. The statement reads in part: “The ROK government makes it clear once again that the Japanese government’s unjust claims do not and will not have any impact on the ROK’s sovereignty over Dokdo and...