Disputed territories abound—there are hundreds of examples around the world—and they cause tempers to short circuit from time to time. In one, Cambodian and Thai troops nearly fired on one another yesterday. And not too far away, tensions between South Korea and Japan have been on the rise over the Dokdo Islands (known as Takeshima in Japan), a group of small volcanic islets nearly equidistant from the two countries.
Both nations maintain historical ties to the rocky outcroppings, but South Korean teachers, fishermen, and most recently commuters, expressed outrage over Japan’s claim to ownership.
They threw eggs at the Japanese embassy and pressured authorities to—yes—pull hundreds of Japanese condom ads from Seoul Metro trains this week.
