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Post by Admin on Jul 1, 2017 18:30:28 GMT
President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-In deliver a joint statement in the White House Rose Garden
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Post by Admin on Aug 2, 2019 22:33:56 GMT
Japan will remove South Korea from its list of trusted trade partners, deepening a bitter row between the two countries. The decision to strike South Korea off its so-called "white list" puts fresh trading restrictions on the country. South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday condemned Tokyo's "selfish" act and threatened possible retaliation. Japan's decision to strip Seoul of its fast-track trade status could affect global supply. Millions of South Koreans are boycotting Japanese goods over the dispute, and several protests have been held throughout the country. A South Korean man set himself on fire yesterday in the centre of Seoul. Supermarket shelves are being emptied of Japanese goods. Defiant demonstrators post films of themselves destroying their own Japanese cars. This is just the start.
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Post by Admin on Aug 17, 2019 17:55:16 GMT
While Aug. 15 is commemorated in Japan as the day World War II ended, in South Korea it is celebrated as National Liberation Day marking the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japan’s colonial rule.
In an address to mark the day, South Korean President Moon Jae-in toned down his anti-Japanese rhetoric with regard to touchy issues of historical perception and called for mutual efforts to remedy the soured ties, saying, “if Japan chooses the path of dialogue and cooperation, we will gladly join hands.”
Some fundamental problems still threaten to ruin the bilateral relationship. But the two governments should take this opportunity to end the cycle of economic retaliation, which only harms the interests of both nations, and start serious dialogue to restore relations to a firmer footing.
The Moon administration has effectively eviscerated a bilateral agreement on the thorny issue of “comfort women,” many of whom were from the Korean Peninsula and forced to provide sex to wartime Japanese soldiers.
Delivering an additional blow to the bilateral relationship, the South Korean Supreme Court last autumn ordered Japanese companies to pay compensation to Koreans brought to work at Japanese mines, factories and dockyards during World War II.
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Post by Admin on Aug 20, 2019 5:18:45 GMT
Donald Trump mimicked the accents of the Japanese and South Korean leaders at a controversial Hamptons fundraiser. The President of the United States impersonated South Korean President Moon Jae-In while recalling how Moon had caved in to US negotiations. Speaking at a fundraiser held in the upmarket Long Island town of Bridgehampton on Friday, Trump also mocked Japanese leader Shinzo Abe as he discussed their negotiations over trade tariffs. According to the New York Post, he went on to brag about his friendship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, saying: ‘I just got a beautiful letter from him this week. ‘We are friends. People say he only smiles when he sees me. ‘If I hadn’t been elected president we would be in a big fat juicy war with North Korea.’ The fundraiser was held at the home of billionaire real estate magnate Stephen Ross, who owns upmarket gym chain Equinox and cycling gym chain Soulcycle.
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Post by Admin on Aug 29, 2019 19:43:16 GMT
Mr. Trump criticized the Korean president on the first night of the G7 summit meeting held in France, while the leaders were discussing diplomatic security. "I can't trust a person named Moon". According to a government official, Mr. Trump further said, “Kim Jong-un told me, Moon is a person who lies.” And Mr. Trump also questioned President Moon at the dinner held on the night of the second day, wondering why that person became president, and the leaders who were present were surprised it was said that way.
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