Contains 8 songs to make the general public become more aware about 'Dokdo'
Composer Choi Young-seop who wrote 'Longing Geumgangsan' and poet Gosan Choi Dong-ho also participated
[March 16, 2017]
The YU Dokdo Research Center produced an album (CD) titled 'Special Tune for Dokdo' filled with love for Dokdo.
The 'Special Tune for Dokdo' is a PR album for Dokdo made through the collaboration of the YU Dokdo Research Institute and cultural artists to attract more interest among the general public about Dokdo and to spread facts about Dokdo.
Composer Choi Young-seop who wrote the nationally popular 'Longing Geumgangsan', former Seoul National University College of Music Professor Kim In-hye, Gachon University Song Gi-chang, Soongsil University Professor Noh Hee-seop, vocalist Kwon Soon-dong, and singer In Dong-nam participated in making this album. The lyrics for all of the tunes included in this album were written by the poet, Gosan Choi Dong-ho.
The album contains eight tracks such as 'Dokdo is not Lonely', 'Oh, Our Dokdo', 'Lighthouse of Dokdo', 'Our Island Dokdo', 'Moonlit Night of Dokdo', 'Forever Dokdo', 'Dokdo Forever', and 'Dokdo is my Friend (Children's Song)'.
YU Dokdo Research Center Director Choi Jae-mok said, "Japan recently revised their 'teaching instructions' and made it mandatory to state Dokdo as Japan's territory, as they openly claim territorial rights over Dokdo. The Dokdo Research Center has been working on spreading its research results to the public using various ways in addition to research activities and academic conferences." He added, "I hope that the 'Special Tune for Dokdo' will be a good opportunity for the general public to learn about the value of Dokdo and gain a love for country naturally through this."
The 'Special Tune for Dokdo' will be distributed to institutes related to research and PR of Dokdo, and also be used in various academic conferences and Dokdo-related events.
The YU Dokdo Research Center was the first-ever research institute specializing in Dokdo in Korea established in May of 2005. In December 2007, it was selected as a main policy research center for the Ministry of Education and has been continuously working on investigating historical truths about Dokdo and revealing the falsity of Japan's claims over it. After the first main policy research center project ended, it began the 2nd project 'Convergence Research to Establish Territorial Rights over Dokdo' from October 2016.
The YU Dokdo Research Center has been engaged in active research activities and academic conferences so that researchers of Dokdo in Japan and all around the world can easily understand the data based on history and facts, and has been searching for ways to fundamentally stop Japan from their ambition to steal Dokdo. Furthermore, it has been searching for ways to solidify territorial rights over Dokdo through Dokdo open lectures and is planning to engage in public education activities to strengthen the logical basis for Dokdo.
