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Anadolu Agency (20 February 2026)

South Korea strongly protested Friday after Japan’s top diplomat renewed territorial claims to disputed islets located between the two countries, Yonhap News Agency reported.

The islets are known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

Seoul lodged a formal protest with the Japanese Embassy after Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi referred to the islets by their Japanese name, Takeshima, and described them as part of Japanese territory during a parliamentary speech earlier in the day.

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