The Big Picture captures the Dokdo/Takeshima (Takeshima/Dokdo) debate through big news shots: Dokdo or Takeshima
They should just take one island a piece and turn them into penal colonies, or breeding grounds for the next generation of Godzilla.
Actually, the best way to handle this situation is probably for the UN to evacuate the islands and then nuke them into oblivion. That way, neither side loses face, and that’s really what this is all about, right? A 500 year old Japanese-Korean pissing match about some rocks in the middle of nowhere… And yet, this issue even springs up in articles covering race relations at Little Tokyo senior care facilities.
When will we all learn?
– Koreans must embrace their kimchi funkiness
– Japanese must accept their well-deserved reputation for snootiness
(And of the two, I’m personally guilty of the former more often than the latter)
Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people
Dude, you will never be forgiven (and will probably go to Kimchee Hell) for telling Korean shopkeepers in Seoul the big fat (funny) lie that your mother is Korean JUST so you could get a discount! Bad smelly Justin!
They should just do some rock-paper-scissors and get it over with.