一尊佛像引发的日韩纠纷

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Martin Fackler, 一尊佛像引发的日韩纠纷. 纽约时报中文网, Juen 5, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20130605/c05japan/

, which is translated from

Martin Fackler, An Icon and a Symbol Of Two Nations’ Anger, New York Times, June 3, 2013
(the current government in Seoul does not make any official claim to Tsushima)

Note:
(a) "an ancient Zen temple [in Island of Tsushima] that sits in the shadow of stone fortifications used by a Japanese warlord to invade the Korean Peninsula in the 16th century."

Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasions_of_Korea_(1592%E2%80%9398)
(two invasions; also known as 文禄・慶長の役 (in Japan) and 萬曆朝鮮之役 (in Taiwan); led by TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi 豊臣 秀吉; Result  Korean-Chinese victory; Withdrawal of Japanese armies)
(b) "local residents [on Tsushima] say they have gathered annually for most of the last seven centuries to commemorate a battle in which a small band of samurai was wiped out trying to stop a Mongol-led invasion fleet from Korea"

Mongol invasions of Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan
(1274 and 1281)
(c) For Buseok temple, see Buseoksa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buseoksa
(浮石寺; is the oldest existing wooden building in South Korea, constructed in 676)