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The National Assembly’s education committee visited the island of Dokdo on Oct. 22, three days before Dokdo Day, as part of an on-site inspection for the parliamentary audit. Lee Chan-yeol, chairman of the committee, said the visit was conducted in the name of condemning Japan’s distortion of history and to promote an accurate historical awareness of the island. The committee members walked around the island waving South Korean flags, shouting, “Dokdo is Korean territory!” The last photo shows the committee members paying their respects to the late Kim Seong-do, who was a longtime Dokdo resident, at the Dokdo Museum on Ulleungdo Island, North Gyeongsang Province. (photo pool)