South Korean opposition party responds to the US military's repeated use of the ``Sea of Japan'' label...``Why did the Ministry of Defense leave it alone?''

On the 5th, Rep. Jung Seong-ho of South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan, criticized the issue, saying, ``Even though the US military continues to refer to the East Sea as the Sea of Japan, our government is ignoring it.''
On the same day, Congressman Chung said, ``The fact that the US-ROK joint exercise was held in the Sea of Japan ahead of the 70th anniversary of the ROK-US alliance means that the Ministry of National Defense is not doing its job properly.''
``The Ministry of National Defense should investigate all descriptions of the Sea of Japan by U.S. military authorities and strongly demand correction.'' In response to such criticism, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense said at a regular press conference on the 5th, ``
Immediately after learning about it, I requested a correction, and I believe it has now been corrected on the U.S. Navy's website." However, the U.S. Navy's homepage that says "Sea of Japan" still says
With the title ``SEA OF JAPAN,'' a joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea ahead of the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-South Korean alliance is being introduced.
However, the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command are
It was deleted and the press materials and photos were posted without specifying the location. Congressman Chung said, ``This year alone, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reported on U.S.-Japan joint exercises four times, and referred to the ``East Sea'' as the ``Sea of Japan.''
``The U.S. Department of Defense published 41 photographic materials labeled as ``Sea of Japan,'' and 1 in 2010 and 2 in 2016 labeled as ``East Sea.'' Told.