1910 still a sore spot in Korea

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“We do not understand why the Japanese society, while it so greatly cherishes honesty and trust internally, shuts its eyes and plugs its ears to the country’s history of invasion and colonial rule,” Kim told the envoy in an unusually stringent tone.

“We sincerely hope that Japan will squarely reflect its past and colonial rule with a humble attitude in consideration of the enormous pain and abuse it caused to us, and from there it will correct today’s wrong perception and customs."

The volatile relationship is rapidly cooling once again between the two countries after Tokyo’s top brass relayed visits to a controversial war shrine and churned out remarks denying the country’s wartime atrocities over the weekend.

Seoul’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se shelved his first trip to Tokyo since taking office in protest against a visit to Yasukuni Shrine by Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Taro Aso and other Cabinet ministers.

The temple venerates Japanese war dead including World War II leaders responsible for massacres, sex slavery, forced labor and other crimes.

Adding fuel to the flame, Abe told a parliamentary session Tuesday that the definition of invasion varies wildly by country, apparently legitimizing his country’s colonization of the Korean Peninsula in 1910-45 and incursion into China during World War II.

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130425000887

 

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This just keeps happening every once in a while...