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Focus on the possibility of including solutions to relations between Korea and Japan in the speech 3 · 1
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I am interested in whether President Moon Jae-in will deliver a message to unleash the relationship between Korea and Japan in his upcoming speech on March 1. The key is whether the two governments can agree and find a trick that the victims can agree on. Reporter Na Yeon-soo reports. In this year’s New Year’s address, President Moon Jae-in made clear his will to improve relations between Korea and Japan, but there have been no notable changes. Meanwhile, the recently launched US Biden administration emphasized the importance of US-South Korean cooperation, and pushed for improved relations between Korea and Japan. Indeed, for President Moon, who is in his final year in office, improving relations between Korea and Japan has become a top priority issue that cannot be delayed any further. In a situation where even summit diplomacy is not easy due to Corona 19, a long-awaited opportunity to send a gesture of reconciliation to the Japanese government is the 3/1 speech. Going back to the current crisis, there is a ruling in our court for compulsory compensation for compulsory military service, so the most interesting thing is whether President Moon will propose an active solution to this problem. Earlier in the New Year’s press conference, he said: As a practical alternative at this time, we can consider how the Korean government first pays compensation to victims and then claims compensation from Japan. At the same time, President Moon has the principle that any diplomatic solution must be agreed upon by the victim. Also, recently, Grandma Lee Yong-soo, a victim of the “Japanese Army Comfort Women”, publicly demanded that the comfort women issue be resolved within this year. In the unlikely event that the two governments reach an agreement, President Moon can directly demand a sincere apology from the Japanese government, even to seek the consent of the victims. Regardless of President Moon’s message, Japan is also in a situation where it cannot ignore the call for cooperation from the new US administration, so there is a chance that it will respond appropriately this time. At the very least, it is an opportunity to show the international community, especially the United States government, that the Korean government is making efforts to improve relations between Korea and Japan for peace and cooperation in Northeast Asia. However, anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea was rekindled with a thesis by Harvard University Professor Ramsey recently, and Japan held the Takeshima Day event just a week ago. Some point out that there is a limit to completely break the line between relations between Korea and Japan in the 3/1 speech that recalls the pain of the nation and the will for independence. YTN Na Yeonsu[[email protected]]is.
