Japan TV pulls Korean drama over island spat

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Japan TV pulls Korean drama over island spat

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A Japanese television station has said it is postponing the airing of a South Korean drama series.

16 August,2012 11:04 am

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 the isles known as Dokdo in Korean.A team of South Koreans reached the islands on Wednesday, finishing a 220-kilometre (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 Koreas Liberation Day, which commemorates the 1945 end of Japans occupation of the peninsula.