Seoul to ask change of sea naming in Pentagon's Korean exhibit
Foreign affairsAug 12, 2013
Seoul's defense ministry said Monday it will formally ask the U.S. government to change the naming of the body of water between Korea and Japan from the "Sea of Japan" to the "East Sea" in displays at the Pentagon's Korean War exhibit. The Pentagon exhibit opened in mid-June to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of an armistice agreement and bilateral alliance forged between the U.S. and South Korea at the end of the three-year Korean War.Among materials related to the Korean War, 1