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While falsely promoted as a defense of victims of forced labor, there is nothing progressive about the opposition Democratic Party’s anti-Japanese campaign.
Any deal between South Korea and Japan on wartime forced labour will likely falter without popular support in South Korea and tamed historical revisionism in Japan, writes Eun A Jo (Cornell University).
The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is gearing up for a campaign to oppose President Yoon Suk Yeol's fence-mending diplomacy with Japan. Some DPK lawmakers visited the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Wednesday, to lodge a protest against Tokyo's decision to release radioactive wastewater from a nuclear power plant in Fukushima.
South Korean shipbuilding company Samsung Heavy Industries has secured an order for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.
Recent reports by Japanese media claim that Fukushima's radioactive wastewater, wartime sex slavery and Dokdo were discussed during President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent visit to Tokyo, putting the president in an uncomfortable position.