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South Koreans claim that Japanese intentionally promoted the spelling of Korea instead of Corea during the colonial era, the reason being that K comes after J in the Latin alphabet. The fact is the K-spelling is Germanic, e.g., English and German; and the C-spelling is Romantic[?], e.g., French and Spanish. In the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, for example, Korea's name was written as Corea.
Takeshima/Dokdo Small island between Japan and Korea, which is currently occupied by the Korean navy. Called "Takeshima" in Japanese and "Dokdo" in Korean, its sovereignty has long been disputed among Japan, South Korea, and (less vigorously) North Korea.
External link: The Territorial Dispute Over Dokdo (http://dokdo1948.freeservers.com/page4)
Sea of Japan See Dispute over the name Sea of Japan
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