Dokdo/Takeshima islands

President Moon’s potential visit to Tokyo is the object of a diplomatic tug-of-war. Both sides should treat it as an opportunity, not a bargaining chip.

For the first time in 11 years, the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute made its way into a South Korean president’s March 1 remarks.

Japan lodges protest over Inter-Korean Winter Olympic Unification Flag.

The ‘Dokdo shrimp’ controversy is not the first argument of its kind – in Asia or elsewhere.

Trilateralism over the North Korean issue with the United States has temporarily drawn attention away from bilateral tensions.

Washington needs to reorient how it thinks about ties between its two key allies.

The defense and foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan met for a "two-plus-two" dialogue for the first time in five years.

Griffith University's Christian Wirth on the ongoing dangers associated with East Asia's maritime disputes.

Bringing the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute to the ICJ will need a change of national identity narrative in South Korea.

The Japanese government is pursuing a comprehensive plan to exert control over its far-flung islands.

In disputes over history and territory, the PR fight is intense … and damaging.