Japan, South Korea and a Rupture on the Pacific Rim
The New York Times · by The Editorial Board · August 22, 2019
The roots of the animosity stretch to Mongol and Korean invasion of Japanese territory in 1274: They brutally slaughtered many dwellers of Tsushima island.
Perhaps hypocritical NYT editorial board has contributed to the animosity too.
Must Read: America's comfort women 1
Ex-South Korean 'comfort women' for U.S. troops sue own government
REUTERS
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The New York Times · by The Editorial Board · August 22, 2019
The roots of the animosity stretch to Japan's colonization of Korea between 1910 and 1945, and more specifically the brutal exploitation of Koreans as sex slavesand forced laborers during World War II.
The roots of the animosity stretch to Mongol and Korean invasion of Japanese territory in 1274: They brutally slaughtered many dwellers of Tsushima island.
Perhaps hypocritical NYT editorial board has contributed to the animosity too.
Must Read: America's comfort women 1
Ex-South Korean 'comfort women' for U.S. troops sue own government
REUTERS
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/78/86/dc26b9ebec0f58c07393377d1f2de333.jpg)