Tough swimmers
The Jakarta Post, Seoul | World | Mon, August 13 2012, 3:30 PM

South Korean students salute before swimming in the waters off the port city of Uljin, South Korea, on Monday. Some 40 students are taking part in an event to swim in a relay to islands of "Dokdo" in Koeran and "Takeshima" in Japanese. They plan to reach the islands on Aug. 15, the anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule. (AP/Yonhap, Han Jong-chan)