South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (centre) visits the remote islands in the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Lee has paid a surprise visit to islands at the centre of a decades-long territorial dispute ... more 

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (centre) visits the remote islands in the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Lee has paid a surprise visit to islands at the centre of a decades-long territorial dispute with Japan, which recalled its ambassador from Seoul in protest less