Word: takeshima
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...SOUTH KOREA: South Korea and Japan staked competing claims to small outcroppings of rock in the Sea of Japan (or East Sea as the Koreans call it) on Tuesday, perpetuating a dispute that has simmered for nearly a century. The rocky little islands (called Tok-do by Koreans and Takeshima by the Japanese) 150 miles from each the coasts of both countries are not significant in themselves, but recognized ownership of the islets -- now inhabited by a lone South Korean fisherman and a small South Korean military force -- hold the key to uncontested exploitation of the rich natural resources thought...