Daughters of first, last Dokdo residents clash over claims to live on islets, fathers’ legacies

The daughters of Dokdo’s first and last registered civilian residents have been locked in a yearslong dispute over who should be allowed to live on the islets next and how their fathers’ contributions to Dokdo should be remembered, according to the Ulleung County Office on Sunday. Dokdo has had no permanent resident since Kim Shin-yeol, its last registered resident, died in March. The island county of Ulleung-gun, which has jurisdiction over Dokdo, has been rejecting Kim's daughter's requests to