Dokdo Ad to Be Screened in Times Square

A video clip promoting Korea's legitimate sovereignty over the Dokdo islets will be screened on a billboard in Times Square in New York on March 1, the anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement.
Seo Kyoung-duk (left) and Kim Jang-hoon
Seo Kyoung-duk, a visiting professor at Sungshin Women's University, on Monday said promotion of the islets and the name "East Sea" for the body of water between Korea and Japan will begin on the Times Square billboard normally broadcasting CNN news. All expenses including billboard advertising and video production costs will be covered by private donations from pop singer Kim Jang-hoon. The 30-second ad will be broadcast twice an hour, 48 times a day. The billboard will be leased for four months.


the source of The Chosun Ilbo