Lee Si-young and Seo Kyung-duk Release Multilingual Video
Professor Seokyung Deok (right), who planned this video, and actress Lee Si-young, who provided the narration.
On the 25th, marking 'Dokdo Day,' Professor Seokyeongdeok from Sungshin Women's University and actress Lee Si-young joined forces to release a video that tells the history of the Dokdo sea lion. The video was also produced in English, allowing people worldwide to watch it.
The video contains the story of how approximately 15,000 Dokdo sea lions were sacrificed due to Japan's ruthless illegal overhunting, ultimately leading to the official declaration of extinction in 1994. According to the video, sea lions were considered a 'luxury product' in Japan at the time, worth ten times the price of beef. Consequently, Japanese fisherman Nakai Yozaburo, seeking quick fortune, jumped into hunting Dokdo sea lions and obtained exclusive rights to capture them mercilessly. The skins of the sea lions he caught were made into luxury goods, the fat was boiled into oil, and the meat was cooked and used as fertilizer.
The video introduces that today, the Republic of Korea is conducting genomic research, education, and promotional activities using the excavated remaining bones of Dokdo sea lions to prevent such tragic history from repeating. At the end of the video, there is an appeal stating, "What is needed to protect Dokdo, our native territory where sea lions once played, is continuous interest and affection," and "Please remember Dokdo once again."
Professor Seo, who planned this video, said, "We have widely introduced the little-known history that occurred on Dokdo through multilingual videos both domestically and internationally." He added, "The videos are being spread not only on YouTube but also through various social networking services (SNS), and especially shared with major Korean and international student communities worldwide to continuously raise awareness."
Actress Lee Si-young, who recently made headlines for visiting Dokdo, said, "I am glad to narrate this meaningful video. I hope many internet users at home and abroad will watch it."
Professor Seo plans to continue producing multilingual videos about little-known historical stories that happened on Dokdo in collaboration with Rakai Korea (CEO Kim Jaebon), who co-produced this video.
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