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SEOUL, April 20 (Xinhuanet) -- The South Korean government on Wednesday launched an office for the purpose of dealing with territory and history disputes between South Korea and Japan.

South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon, Education Minister Kim Jin-pyo and over 100 government officials and representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attended the ceremony to launch the Planning Office for Correct History for Peace in Northeast Asia held in downtown Seoul, reported South Korean Yonhap News Agency.

Led by Kim Byong-joon, head of South Korean Presidential Office's Policy Planning Bureau, the office will be tasked with handling the territory dispute over a chain of rocky islets situated in East Sea (Sea of Japan), called "Dokdo" in Korean and "Takeshima" in Japanese.

The office will also deal with the history disputes with Japan in a more comprehensive and systematic manner, said Yonhap.

The office, comprising about 30 government officials and civilian experts, will also focus on persuading Japanese schools not to adopt right-wing school textbooks glorifying Japan's colonization of Korean Peninsula and aggression against neighboring nations before and during World War II.

Relations between South Korea and Japan have recently turned mar due to their disputes over Dokdo, which is under South Korea's effectual control by deployment of a garrison of South Korean coast police.

Seoul insists that the Dokdo islets, located some 89 kilometers southeast to South Korean Uleung Island and 160 kilometers northwest to Japanese Oki Island, have been listed as its territory in history literature since the fifth century.

While Tokyo also claims the islets have been its territory since the 17th century, as written in literatures.

Earlier this month, Japan's Education Ministry authorized eightkinds of history school textbooks, including the one sponsored by Japanese right-wing which justifies Japan's wartime past.

The South Korean government and people also made strong reactions to a new edition of a Japanese school textbook which whitewashes Japan's colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula and backs Japan's claim over Dokdo.