Some Koreans Call for Boycott of Lufthansa Airlines Over Dokdo Dispute
I am surprised Lufthansa had Dokdo on the map in the first place considering it is such a tiny terrain feature:
German airline Lufthansa has come under criticism in Korea after deciding to remove Dokdo, Korea’s easternmost islets that Japan falsely claims as its own, from its in-flight maps.
“The software has been updated and will be installed on the aircraft at the end of this week at the latest. The name of the island will not be shown anymore,” Lufthansa told The Korea Times Tuesday.
The company also said it had no intention to insult any party and regretted any inconvenience the decision might cause.
The decision came after a Japanese passenger’s complaint about the description of Dokdo, which was written in English and Japanese, on a Tokyo-Munich flight in December. The passenger claimed the name should be “Takeshima.”
It is unclear whether Lufthansa will remove Dokdo from the aircraft for that route only or all of them, including planes that fly from Korea’s Incheon to Frankfurt and Munich. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link, but of course some Koreans are calling for a boycott of Lufthansa in order to get it to restore Dokdo to its inflight map.
Me thinks the Japanese citizen was doing some maximum trolling on purpose, knowing that this would provide a knee jerk reaction of outrage.
Lufthansa is a wuss. They will never launch a preemptive strike on KAL.
Mind you, rhe breakfast sandwiches supplied on the hop between Amsterdam and Frankfurt were pretty darn appealing…
Remember what happened when Germany took Sudetenland off the map.
All I can say is, they better start learning German on Dokdo, the Dokdo issue has just heated up.
Which sounds better in German?
▢ Einsame Insel
▢ Bambusinsel
▢ Löwenhof rockt
Bambusinsel is great.
Because the Dokdo team from Pyongyang has bamboozled the weak-minded.
I wonder what would happen if I set up shop on Dokdo and declared independence.
To encourage disruption, would North Korea spot me a nuke?
Chickenheadealandistan has a certain ring to it.
Bonus: Blockchain currency is tax free and age of consent is 16.
CH, you astound me… How would you keep out the Dutch, Japanese, and Canadian [voluntary body function] tourists?
I’m an astounding kind of guy.
I think Chickenheadealandistan would strive to become a regional hub for offshore banking, tax shelteted corporate headquarters and intellectual property holding companies, gambling, and 1990s-style sex tourism.
Though the biggest employer would likely be upkeep on our nuclear weapons systems.
Nobody messes with a micronation stocked with stoneburners.
You’ve got a point there. All you’d be missing is a hereditary aristoxracy. And I imagine you’re going to be accepting resumes shortly.
If I have an island nation with banking, nightclubs, and nukes, the only problem I will have is which one of my hundreds of heirs will rule after me.
You’ll need another island with a big maze…