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South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung Soo visited a set of islets Tuesday at the center of a territorial dispute with Japan as the highest-level official ever to travel there.
Tokyo criticized Han’s brief trip to the rocky outcroppings lying about halfway between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
The South Korean-controlled islets of Dokdo have long been a source of discord with Japan, which ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1910-45.
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Page compiled from Tribune news services
