They were in accordance with the international rules and the highest code of conducts of that time. All that Japan did to Korea was legally conducted as an ally of Britain. If it was enslaving, the Britain is guilty of accomplice and the US guilty of accessory. “As far as I can see from these official records, I don’t understand why Japan has to be accused of enslaving Korea. If we chose Russia that soon got overturned, we would have had the entire peninsula turned to a communist country. It might not be the best but if we were to chose, I valued choosing Japan as second best.” If we chose Qing Dynasty that soon perished, we would have had more chaos on the peninsula. “But, at that time, we chose it by ourselves. It was not just some Koreans aided or identified with Japan. That some Koreans aided or identified with their colonizer does not change this. To claim anything else is a gross distortion of history. His history starts only from before and after WW2, who probably don't know Germany was one of those Western Powers which butchered and split China, not to mention how Germany did neither apologize nor compensate toward its former colonies. Such annual pilgrimages would do much to heal the wounds and improve relations with its neighbors. Japan has an opportunity to follow Germanys leadership and do the same for her Asian neighbors. No nation has to badger Germany to participate and their words at these occasions are heartfelt and humble. The Germans participate in many such commemorations with the leaders of the host nation at the sites of some of their worst barbarities. The Germans send military and diplomatic delegations each and every year to commemorate their atrocities and let the world know the current Federal Republic repudiates the Nazis and is committed to being a model representative democracy. The Germans never assumed a single apology was all they needed to give, one and done. Here is a great opportunity for Japan to learn from the example of Germany. In fact we keep rewarding South Korea for their bad behavior!!! 10 No consequences for taking land/islands away Takeshima. No consequences! We rewarded them instead! No consequences for backing out of permanent agreements, apologies, and compensations. South Korea has benefit from bad relations wtih Japan.
That guy still gave you apology and compensation in 2015 when a majority of Japanese was against it and knew it would make things worse. Japan even in 2015 when Abe was PM in power, consider by S. Korea, we gave apologies and compensation over past historical grievances despite S. Takeshima was taken illegally and by force in the 1950s, we still remain on friendly terms with S. Korea on privilege list of trading partners, only one in Asia. Many projects we can work together, benefit S. Korea can be good neighbors, friends and allies with common goal if S. Korea without list of demands and needs!, without playing mind games and flip flop on what's sincere and what's not! We don't build comfort women Statues, then say we can remove them if Japan plays its card right. We dont ask for compensation, but then say it doesn't cover this or that or not enough. Japan doesn't require anything, we don't ask for apologies, but then say it's not sincere. South Korea holds all the power in this relationship! 39īetter relations with Japan is possible if S. The hypocrisy and self-righteousness make me ashamed to be Korean. Moon dissolved the comfort women fund that Japan started, and a Korean activist embezzled money meant for the comfort women.
Korea needs to stop blaming Japan when they're the ones worsening relations. My own parents constantly reminded me of what Japan did seventy years ago as if it happened yesterday. This is the country where people set themselves on fire at protests, children drew pictures of Japan being nuked, and a district tried to put stickers in classrooms that say, "This device was made by a war criminal." My classmates in high school spit on me for wanting to study in Japan. Just two years ago, people were refusing to refuel Japanese cars, breaking into a Japanese consulate in Busan, and harassing a US diplomat for having a moustache similar to a Japanese general's. Japan has repeatedly apologized and paid for its war crimes, yet South Korea denies that it paid, and it indoctrinates its children to hate Japan,