South Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the team were granted exemption to two years of mandatory military service but still required to do four weeks of basic training. Park Jong-Woo was not present at the medal ceremony after the gold medal match between Mexico and Brazil and did not receive the bronze medal with the rest of his team due to his political position on the Liancourt Rocks, which are disputed both by South Korea and Japan by having a claim on the islands, after FIFA was notified about Park holding a sign of South Korea having claim on Dokdo, the Korean name for the
The Conflict Over the Sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands -- between Taiwan (ROC), China (PRC), & Japan conclusion on the sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands. The Diaoyu Islands consisted five non-inhibited islets-- Uotsuri Shima (Diaoyu Dao), Taisho To (Chiwei Dao), Kuba Shima (Huangwei Yu), Kita Kojima (Bei Xiaodao), and Minami Kojima (Nan Xiaodao)-- and three barren rocks, which are Okinokita Iwa (Da Bei Xiaodao), Okinominami Iwa (Dan Nan Xiaodao), and Tobise (Fei Jiao Yen). The total area of the Diaoyu Islands were 6.5 square kilometer. Among all the islands, Uotsuri Shima was considered as the largest one, which is approximately 4.5 square kilometer. These islands lie in between Northern longitude 25.40 to 26 degrees, and Eastern longitude