evidence: Longstanding issues such as Japanese war crimes against Korean civilians, the negationist re-writing of Japanese textbooks relating Japanese atrocities during World War II, the territorial disputes over the Liancourt Rocks, known in South Korea as "Dokdo" and in Japan as "Takeshima",[165] and visits by Japanese politicians to the Yasukuni Shrine, honoring Japanese people (civilians and military) killed during the war continue to trouble Korean-Japanese relations. The Liancourt Rocks were the first Korean territories to be forcibly colonized by Japan in 1905. [...] - ^ Kim Hee-sung (February 22, 2008). "Professor from Japan Discovers Map Proving Dokdo Island is Korean Territory". DYNAMIC-KOREA.COM. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. [...] - ^ Nattavud Pimpa (December 6, 2013). "Lessons from South Korea's Chaebol economy". The Conversation Australia. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.