Yonhap reports:

Police head to visit Dokdo

The nation’s top police officer will visit South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo Wednesday amid frequent claims of sovereignty over the islets by Japan, a police spokesman said.

Lee Taek-soon, head of the National Police Agency, will inspect the security of the islets and lay flowers on a memorial to pay tribute to the fallen police officers there, the spokesman said. Dokdo has long been the target of Japan’s territorial claims. Since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, South Korea has stationed a police contingent on the islets. A married couple now reside there during the fishing season. Lee will also pay a visit on Thursday to police forces stationed in nearby Ulleung Island.

(March 14, 2007)