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This week has been a busy one in Korean politics. While everyone was still debating the rights and wrongs of President Yoon's diplomatic trip last week to Japan, main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was indicted Tuesday on charges of corruption and bribery. My attention has yo-yoed between the two stories all week, though there are some clear links between them.
Most South Koreans are still wincing following the “diplomatic disaster” in Tokyo two weeks ago. At a summit there, President Yoon Suk Yeol gave up everything in pending bilateral issues and got almost nothing in return.
Rep. Kim Sang-hee of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea on Thursday proposed a parliamentary resolution denouncing Japan's controversial textbooks and its sovereignty claim of Korea's easternmost Dokdo islets.
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Beijing and Seoul say new textbooks contain controversial claims about the disputed Dokdo Islands and the use of forced labour during World War II
Most South Koreans are still wincing following the “diplomatic disaster” in Tokyo two weeks ago. At a summit there, President Yoon Suk Yeol gave up everything in pending bilateral issues and got almost nothing in return.