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  “Yes! East Sea. No! Sea of Japan”

  (PHOTO NEWS) New York Senator Tony Avella wears a T-shirt saying “Yes! East Sea, No! Sea of Japan” before a press conference in New York Thursday. Avella proposed a resolution earlier this week that promotes state textbooks that...

  • Posted February 13, 2014
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  Some Americans annoyed by ‘East Sea’ bill

  By Jane Han NEW YORK ― After years of lobbying and hardcore campaigning by Korean-Americans, Virginia lawmakers finally passed a bill last week related to the naming of the body of water between Korea and Japan. Great...

  • Posted February 10, 2014
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  East Sea name bill approved by Virginia legislature

  The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Thursday on using the name East Sea for the body of water between South Korea and Japan. The bill, approved 81-15, calls for the Korean-version name to be added...

  • Posted February 6, 2014
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  East Sea bill sails along in Virginia

  By Kang Seung-woo There’s only two more hurdles to clear before the U.S. State of Virginia adopts a bill to have school textbooks use the East Sea together with the Sea of Japan. Virginia would be the...

  • Posted February 4, 2014
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  Virginia legislature adopts use of ‘East Sea’ in textbooks

  The legislature of the U.S. state of Virginia has approved the mandatory simultaneous use of the term “East Sea” along with the “Sea of Japan in school textbooks. A bill to the effect was approved 5-4 in...

  • Posted January 31, 2014
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  Georgia legislature adopts resolution on East Sea

  A U.S. state legislature took a highly symbolic step Tuesday supporting South Korea’s campaign to promote the use of the “East Sea” to identify the waters between Korea and Japan. The state’s Senate unanimously passed a resolution...

  • Posted January 29, 2014
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  Virginia legislature to debate East Sea vs. Sea of Japan dispute

  The Virginia Legislature will open debate next month on bills related to the South Korea and Japan’s dispute over the name of the body of water between the two nations. There are three pending bills which require...

  • Posted December 26, 2013
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