1. The government of the Republic of Korea deems it very regrettable that the Japanese government revised its teaching manual for high schools to strengthen its unjust claims over Dokdo, an integral part of the ROK’s territory, on July 17, and strongly demands its immediate withdrawal.

2. The ROK government sternly points out that if the Japanese government continues to make its preposterous claims over Dokdo, which is clearly the ROK’s territory, based on an erroneous perception of history, and instills them in its future generations, it will make Japan lose an opportunity to reflect on its past wrongdoings, and to move towards a new future.

3. The ROK government makes it clear once again that it will never tolerate any provocations over Dokdo, clearly an integral part of the ROK’s territory historically, geographically and under international law, and continue to respond resolutely to them.

* unofficial translation