SEOUL: South Korea has protested to Japan over a tsunami advisory issued by its neighbour following the highly effective New 12 months’s Day earthquake that featured a map displaying a bunch of its islands additionally claimed by Tokyo, officers in Seoul mentioned on Tuesday (Jan 2).
Though ties have improved in recent times, the 2 stay at odds over the sovereignty of the islets, known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan, which lie about midway between them within the Sea of Japan, also called the East Sea.
South Korea supplied condolences for Monday’s catastrophe, however added that the islands, proven on the map issued by Japan’s climate company, weren’t topic to any territorial dispute.
“Our authorities has sternly protested to Japan by a diplomatic channel and requested corrective motion,” Lim Soo-suk, a spokesperson of the South Korean overseas ministry, informed a briefing.
Earlier on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol’s workplace mentioned he had despatched a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, providing condolences for the victims and households in addition to assist for restoration efforts.
