Six Korean youngsters have embarked on a year-long global tour to promote South Korea's ownership of the Dokdo islets.
The group, operating under the title "Dokdo-racers," will tour 30 countries and 50 cities, beginning with San Francisco in the United States.
Formed in December 2008 by five students of Seoul National University (SNU) and a 26-year-old physical education teacher who quit his job to join the tour, the six plan to visit local universities and Korean communities in foreign countries.
Japan regularly includes Dokdo as Japanese territory in its annual defense white paper, under the name Takeshima.