Japan TV pulls out Korean drama

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KOREAN ACTOR SONG IL-Kook the day he swam with others to Dokdo islands. Image by Starnews from the actor's Facebook page

A Japanese television station said Wednesday, August 15, that it was postponing the airing of a South Korean drama series starring an actor who took part in a swim to a group of islands at the center of a territorial row. BS Nippon Corp  said it would replace “A Man Called God,” which features popular actor Song Il-Kook and was to due air from next week, with a re-run of another South Korean drama series. A team of South Koreans reached the islands on Wednesday, finishing a 220-kilometer relay swim from the east coast, less than a week after President Lee Myung-Bak visited the disputed chain, provoking ire in Tokyo.

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