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SEOUL (AFP): South Korea will stage a regular military exercise near a disputed island this month amid a renewed territorial claim by Japan, the defence ministry said on Thursday.
The twice-yearly defensive drill near the Seoul- controlled islet in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) will be held in mid-August, a ministry spokesman told AFP without elaborating.
The island is called Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima by Japan.
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