SOUTH KOREA JAPAN DISPUTED ISLANDS

Korean War veterans are blocked by police officers as they try to enter Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 25, 2005 during a rally against Japanese Ambassador Toshiyuki Takano who claimed Wednesday that South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo fell under the Japanese territory. The volcanic islets, located about 90 kilometers (55 miles) east of South Korea's Ullung Island and known as Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan, have been a source of diplomatic friction with Tokyo for years. Placards read: