<Anchor>

There are some places that are of increasing interest these days as Japan continues to be forced. This is Dokdo, our symbol of territorial sovereignty. Recently, as Russian military aircraft invaded the airspace, tensions surrounding Dokdo increased, and our reporter went to Dokdo on the day of Independence Day. Let's connect.

Reporter Lee Se-young, it's about 8:40. Where is this reporter's place on Dokdo?

<Reporter>

Yes, the place where I am right now is Dokdo, which also has Dokdo Guard.

If you walk this way, you will see Dokdo police chiefs and fluttering national flag.

You can also meet two Dokdo guards looking out to sea.

It's to monitor the wooden ships that are hard to catch by radar and the aircraft flying low.

Originally, observations were made only on two opposite sides, and three more are being monitored since last month's Russian aircraft had invaded the airspace over Dokdo.

Our military will do Dokdo defense training on the 20th after the ROK-US exercises.

<Anchor>

Recently, we had a bad mood with Japan, so I think there are many people who visit Dokdo today two days before Liberation Day.

<Reporter>

Yes, I took a boat at 8:30 this morning from Ulleung to Dokdo, and I have more than 400 seats.

In particular, there were a lot of family travelers, and this time I had to find Dokdo. Let's listen

[Kwon Su-yeon / Gyeongbuk Gumi-si: I planned to cancel my trip to Japan, but this time I came back with Ulleungdo and Dokdo.]

[Kim Gun / Daegu Dong-gu: Japan is insisting that it's their land, but I didn't like it so much. So I should develop more interest in Dokdo… .]

The way to support Dokdo was also confirmed by statistics, and from May to last month, the number of tourists visiting Dokdo was 127,000, up 20% from the same period last year.

Tomorrow, more than 130 descendants of Independence Merit will come to support Dokdo, a symbol of sovereignty recovery.

(Video coverage: Choi Woong, Image editing: Seungjin Lee)