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Dokdo

A subdivision of the kori, the currency of Kutch while it was part of British India. A dokdo was worth 1/24 of one kori. Its plural was dokda.

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The Liancourt Rocks islands, also referred to as Dokdo by South Korea and Takeshima by Japan, lie almost equidistant from the two states.

Japan Sends Protest to South Korea over Military Exercises Near Disputed Islands

Liancourt Rocks are under the territorial control of South Korea.

Proposal aims to allow BTS to do military service in disputed island

The liancourt rocks: Media dynamics and national identities at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

The marketing of an international match in Asia: the effects of sport commentary and nationalistic sentiments on framing, priming, and consumer behavior

Spurred by these developments, Shimane Prefecture embarked on a campaign urging the occupation authorities and the Japanese government to return the Liancourt Rocks, which during the occupation were used by US forces as a bombing range and were outside the so-called 'MacArthur Line', to Shimane Prefecture.

Takeshima and the Northern Territories in Japan's nationalism: Alexander Bukh comments on the dispute between Japan and South Korea over the Liancourt Rocks

Takeshima Islands Called Dokdo by the Koreans, who occupy the islets, and earlier as the Liancourt Rocks and other local and foreign names, Takeshima consists of two small islands of about 500 feet in altitude.

Japan's territorial disputes

Plans to deploy a base station on the Dokdo island, part of the Liancourt Rocks, by two South Korean-based mobile operators have been delayed.

Mobile coverage on Dokdo island delayed

The island is known as Takeshima in Japanese, Tokto in Korean and the Liancourt Rocks in English.

2ND LD: Koizumi urges S. Korea not to worsen ties over textbook row

The Russian Defence Ministry defended itself saying that two South Korean F-16s approached the Russian bombers near the Liancourt Rocks and conducted unprofessional maneuvers, crossing the course of the Russian aircraft and jeopardizing their safety.

South Korea Fires Warning Shots At Russian And Chinese Bombers That Violated Its Airspace

Beyond place naming disputes lie further tensions over the ownership of islets including the Liancourt Rocks. While the rocks may not hold any great value, the physical occupation of small islands helps to consolidate fishing rights and other forms of resource extraction.

Japan & South Korea: Klaus Dodds is Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London and author of Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction

Continuing territorial disputes over Dokdo Island, also called Liancourt Rocks by some countries and Takeshima by Japan, seem to have played a role in the discontinuation.

Korea, Japan end currency swap deal

And a long-planned step forward in cooperation between South Korea and Japan was torpedoed when the South Korean prime minister visited the barren island that Korea calls Dokdo, Japan calls Takeshima, and the United States calls the Liancourt Rocks.