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TOKYO (AFP) ― A Japanese television station said Wednesday it was postponing the airing of a South Korean drama series starring an actor who took part in a swim to a group of islands at the center of a territorial row.
BS Nippon Corporation said it would replace “A Man Called God,” which features popular actor Song Il-kook and was to due air from next week, with a re-run of another South Korean drama series.
“We have decided to change our programming after considering the impact of the main actor swimming to Takeshima,” a station spokeswoman said, referring to Dokdo.
A team of South Koreans reached the islands on Wednesday, finishing a 220-kilometer (135-mile) relay swim from the east coast, less than a week after President Lee Myung-bak visited the disputed chain, provoking ire in Tokyo.
The team led by singer Kim Jang-hoon completed the swim to mark South Korea’s Liberation Day, which commemorates the 1945 end of Japan’s occupation of the peninsula.
BS Nippon Corporation said it would replace “A Man Called God,” which features popular actor Song Il-kook and was to due air from next week, with a re-run of another South Korean drama series.
“We have decided to change our programming after considering the impact of the main actor swimming to Takeshima,” a station spokeswoman said, referring to Dokdo.
A team of South Koreans reached the islands on Wednesday, finishing a 220-kilometer (135-mile) relay swim from the east coast, less than a week after President Lee Myung-bak visited the disputed chain, provoking ire in Tokyo.
The team led by singer Kim Jang-hoon completed the swim to mark South Korea’s Liberation Day, which commemorates the 1945 end of Japan’s occupation of the peninsula.
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Articles by Korea Herald
