South Korea and Japan's feud explained
23 August 2019
From the beginning to the end, it is filled with lies.
South Koreans want reparations for atrocities committed by Japan during its occupation of the Korean peninsula. But Japan considers the issue settled.
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Yoo Yun-taek and Lee Chun-sik filed a lawsuit in 1997 to claim wages and damages.
Basically, the Korea workers wanted unpaid wages and retirement allowance etc.back. It is not about atrocities.
As a side, they were not
conscripted;They went to Japan to work just as Mexicans go to the U.S. to get a job.
It is not just Japan but also Roh Moo-hyun, the former President of South Korea who considers the issue settled.
In 2005, the administration led by President Roh Moo-hyun concluded that the compensation payment was covered by Japan's "economic cooperation" grants, loans and other funds that were paid to South Korea for the settlement of problems stemming from property and other claims under the 1965 treaty. And Moon Jae-in, the current president of South Korea, was deeply involved in this matter as a high official at the time.
In July, Japan imposed export controls on materials used for memory chips and display screens - vital for South Korean companies like Samsung
Japan is just treating South Korea just the way E.U. is treating S.Korea.
Stock markets slipped amid fears that the trade spat could badly affect electronics around the world.
Really ?
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The latest tensions stem from a South Korean court ruling last year that ordered Japanese companies to pay compensation to Koreans over forced wartime labour.
Mitsubishi Heavy, one of the firms involved, has reportedly refused to comply with the court order, while two other companies have had their assets seized in South Korea.
They were not forced. The Korean court is breaking the
1965 treaty. Based on the treaty Japan is asking Korea to refer to an arbitration board.
S.Korea is refusing it.
The two nations share a complicated history. They have fought on and off since at least the 7th Century, and Japan has repeatedly tried to invade the peninsula since then.
What invasions are you talking about?
Korea
invaded Japan in 1274 and slaughtered Japanese people brutally. That is the very beginning of the animosity between the two countries.
Japan invaded Korea in 1592
Many of these victims, known as "comfort women", were Korean. Millions of Korean men were also forcibly enlisted as wartime labourers.
Majority of comfort women were Japanese. It's utterly false that "Millions of Korean men were also forcibly enlisted as wartime laborers"
労務動員は、70ヶ月、そのうち徴用は6ヶ月 動員された72万のうち徴用は、10万から多く言っても20万
こうした労務動員とは関係なく、110万の朝鮮人が日本に自発的に働きにでている。朝鮮人を拉致する必要はない。
1.1 million voluntarily went to Japan to work.
720,000 were recruited.
100000 to 200000 people were conscripted just as it became compulsory for people in Britain during the war.
From early 1941, it became compulsory for women aged between 18 and 60 to register for war work. Conscription of women began in December. Unmarried 'mobile' women between the ages of 20 and 30 were called up and given a choice between joining the services or working in industry.
The issue of "comfort women" remains a sensitive one. Tokyo argues that the 1965 treaty that restored diplomatic ties and provided more than $800m in Japanese financial help, has settled the matter.
However, it remains far from resolved.
Japan apologized to and compensated the victims in
2007
Japan apologized to and compensated the victims in
2015
again!
The Korean government hasn't apologized to and compensated the victims they exploited yet.
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But activists say they were not consulted, and rejected the deal. President Moon Jae-in, elected in 2017, suggested it be altered.
The issue was supposed to "resolved finally and
irreversibly " because it was the second time Japan compensated and Korea broke the promises again and again. But Moon broke the promise again.