United Press International
South Korea increased security in the sea that separates the country from Japan as President Lee Myung-bak visited a disputed island group, officials said. Lee, the first South Korean president to make a trip to the area, visited islets claimed by...
Washington Post
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Friday visited a craggy group of islets that are claimed by Japan, prompting Tokyo to summon its ambassador from Seoul and inflaming already testy relations between the East Asian neighbors . Lee's surprise...
Voice of America
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, talks with police officer Yoon Jang-soo as Lee visits islands called Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan, Aug. 10, 2012. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has visited a set of disputed islets in the...
International Herald Tribune
South Korea President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea flew to a set of islets locked in a territorial dispute with Japan on Friday, dismissing protests from Tokyo to make a trip that was bound to heighten diplomatic tensions between Washington's two key...
The Guardian
South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak (r) visits one of the disputed islands. Photograph: Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images Japan and South Korea were heading for a diplomatic showdown on Friday, after Lee Myung-bak became the first sitting South Korean...
MarketWatch
Japan has ordered its South Korean ambassador to temporarily return to the country in protest over Korean President Lee Myung Bak's visit to a group of disputed islands Friday, according to reports. Tokyo's recall of its South Korean ambassador...