1920 Provisional Government of The Republic of Korea in Exile
In a memorial speech at the first anniversary of the 1919 March 1st Movement, Prime Minister Yi Dongnyeong accused the Japanese government of illegal incorporation of Liancourt Rocks of 1905.
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