SEOUL — A team of South Korean swimmers began a 230-km relay Monday from an eastern port to the Dokdo islands, in Seoul's latest assertion of its sovereignty over the outcrops claimed by Japan, where they are known as Takeshima.
The team, led by singer Kim Jang Hoon, plans to complete the swim on Wednesday, when Liberation Day will mark the end in 1945 of Japan's 35 years of colonial rule over Korea.
Kim jumped into the sea off Uljin in a full-body swimsuit after holding a ceremony with about 40 university students and dozens of others, Yonhap news agency reported.
That's right they are swimming to a group of islands that are about the size of the New Orleans Super Dome which are under Korean control. So, one can only assume they are really training for the next Olympics in Rio.
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