1. Regarding the so-called “Dokdo Day” event hosted by Japan’s Shimane Prefecture and attendance of a high-level official of Japan’s central government, the Korean government strongly protests Japan’s repeated futile provocations over Dokdo and sternly urges an immediate abolition of the event.

2. As Dokdo is clearly an integral part of the Korean territory historically, geographically and under international law, the Japanese government must stop making unjustified and farfetched claims over Dokdo immediately, and squarely face history in a humble manner.