South Korea could stop cooperating with Japan in six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea if their territorial dispute worsens, Seoul's ambassador to Tokyo Kwon Chul Hyun warned yesterday.South Korea has already rejected a Japanese proposal for foreign ministerial talks next week on the sidelines of a security forum in Singapore.
Japan's reaffirmed claim to the South Korean-controlled Dokdo islands (Takeshima to Japan) in the Sea of Japan has sparked anger and protests in Seoul, which recalled ambassador Kwon this week.
About 40 military veterans wearing army uniforms staged a gory protest outside Japan's embassy yesterday.
They cut the heads off live pheasants, Japan's national bird, and dripped the blood on Japanese flags and on pictures of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and former Japanese leaders. Some battered birds to death with hammers. Others cut open bellies and ate the livers, shouting: "Dokdo is our territory!"
Japan's largest condom maker was forced to take down advertisements from subway cars because they might not be acceptable to some people in the current climate, a spokesman for Seoul Metro said.
About 200 advertisement spots that boast Okamoto Industries' condoms are "number one in Japan" were removed.
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