By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter
A popular Korean singer financed a full-page advertisement on Dokdo ㅡ two tiny islets in the Ease Sea ㅡ in The New York Times to reaffirm the islets are a part of Korean territory.
The vocalist Kim Jang-hoon, 41, teamed up with a freelance Korean public relations expert Seo Kyoung-duk to publish the ad in the major American newspaper.
The advertisement, published on July 9 with the headline of ``Do You Know?,'' stated ``For the last 2,000 years, the body of water between Korean and Japan has been called the `East Sea.' Dokdo (two islands) located in the East Sea is a part of Korean territory. The Japanese government must acknowledge this fact.''