Professor Seo Kyung-deok of Sungshin Women's University, known as the 'Guardian of Dokdo,' released a multilingual video with broadcaster Lee Soo-ji to promote representative plants of Dokdo.

This 4-minute video was co-produced with the Gyeongbuk Cultural Foundation's Content Promotion Agency (Director Lee Jong-soo), and it is being widely disseminated among internet users both domestically and internationally in Korean and English.

The main content of the video introduces a total of 56 species of plants native to Dokdo, detailing the 'Seomgirinjcho,' which is found only in Ulleungdo and Dokdo worldwide.

It also emphasizes the need for efforts to reclaim the fact that 100 years ago, during the Japanese colonial period, researchers registered the scientific names of Dokdo's native plants under Japanese nomenclature, targeting their potential value.

Professor Seo, who planned the video, noted, "This is the fourth video following the symbolic creatures of Dokdo: the Korean sea lion, the Sapsal dog, and the Dokdo shrimp," and said, "I wanted to produce a series of videos representing the flora and fauna of Dokdo to widely promote it both domestically and internationally."

In particular, he added, "The video is being shared not only on YouTube but also across various social media platforms, and it is consistently being spread among major Korean and international student communities throughout the world."

Lee Soo-ji, who provided the narration in Korean, said, "I’m delighted to introduce the native plants of Dokdo directly, and I hope many internet users both at home and abroad will watch it."

Meanwhile, Professor Seo Kyung-deok, who is currently serving as the promotional ambassador for Dokdo in Gyeongsangbuk-do, is set to unveil an animation about the Korean sea lion of Dokdo later this year in collaboration with the Gyeongbuk Cultural Foundation's Content Promotion Agency.

[Photo] Professor Seo Kyung-deok's team

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