SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea slammed Japan on Tuesday for asserting its claims on South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo, calling it an "unabashed" claim.
North Korea's main propaganda website, Uriminzokkiri, rebuked Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida for repeating his government's territorial claims over the Dokdo islets in a speech on foreign policy to the Diet on Friday.
"It is needless to say that Dokdo is Korea's territory historically, geographically and legally. Against this backdrop, Japan's territorial claim over Dokdo is nonsense without any proof," it said.
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Update #1: North Korea slams Japan for territorial claims (UPI)
Update #2: Pyongyang blasts Japan's Dokdo claim (Korea Times).
WNU Editor: At least North and South Korea agree on one thing.