Since the end of the
Japanese annexation during
World War 2,
South Korea has persistently enforced anti-Japanese policies. Some historians believe the resenment arose due to Koreans adopting many aspects of Japanese culture as they modernized their industry. Before and during World War 2, occupying Japanese forces applied policies of enforced assimilation among Koreans, further causing some of the anti-Japanese ideology in Korea.
South Koreans claim that Japanese intentionally promoted the spelling of Korea instead of Corea during the colonial era, the reason being that K comes after J in the Latin alphabet. The fact is the K-spelling is Germanic, e.g., English and German; and the C-spelling is Romantic[?], e.g., French and Spanish. In the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, for example, Korea's name was written as Corea.
Small island between Japan and Korea, which is currently occupied by the Korean navy. Called "Takeshima" in Japanese and "Dokdo" in Korean, its sovereignty has long been disputed among Japan, South Korea, and (less vigorously) North Korea.
External link: The Territorial Dispute Over Dokdo (http://dokdo1948.freeservers.com/page4.html)
See
Dispute over the name Sea of Japan