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Virginia governor signs East Sea naming legislation

By Korea Herald

Published : April 3, 2014 - 20:22

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WASHINGTON (Yonhap) ― Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed into law a landmark bill on the East Sea name, Korean-Americans here said Wednesday.

Accordingly, all new public school textbooks will identify the body of water between Korea and Japan as the East Sea as well as the Sea of Japan starting on July 1, they said.

Virginia is the first U.S. state to pass such legislation.

The governor signed the bill Friday, according to Peter Y. Kim, head of the Voice of Korean Americans, an organization that has campaigned for the measure.

The state Legislature overwhelmingly approved the bill in March despite strong lobbying against it by Japan’s Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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