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President Moon Jae-in actively expressed his willingness to improve relations between Korea and Japan towards Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the recent ASEAN-related summit. Recently, the director of the National Intelligence Service, Park Ji-won, and opposition lawmakers have been visiting Japan. However, Prime Minister Jeongjak Suga is in the position that “Korea should come up with a solution” regarding our willingness to improve relations.
At the 15th East Asia Summit (EAS) held on the 14th, President Moon said that the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics were held as ‘Quarantine and Security Olympics’. President Moon said: “As the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics became successful Peace Olympics, if the Northeast Asia Relay Olympics are successfully conducted as quarantine and security Olympics With the trust and cooperation of the Member States, humanity will be able to further develop the hope of overcoming the crown and peace. Said.
It is interpreted as an initiative to promote not only inter-Korean dialogue, but also dialogue between Korea and Japan through the Tokyo Olympics. President Moon recently issued an appointment letter to Ambassador Roh Tae-gang and asked for good consultation with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the mutual stance of the Tokyo Olympic Games and the joint holding of the South-North Olympic Games in 2032. As the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games opened the door for dialogue between North Korea, North Korea and the United States, it appears that next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games are expected to have the same diplomatic effect as the Tokyo Olympic Games. PyeongChang.
President Moon said at the ASEAN + 3 (Korea, China, and Japan) summit on the same day: “I am happy to meet with the leaders of each country, especially Prime Minister Suga of Japan.” At a multilateral summit, it is unusual to greet the head of a specific country, not the head of the president. On the 15th, a Blue House official said: “It was not just President Moon who Suga welcomed Prime Minister Suga. The leaders of other countries also greeted them together, as it was the first time they had shown a line on the multilateral stage.
President Moon’s recent aggressive action with Japan appears to be that the Korea-China-Japan summit at which Korea is the president is approaching next month. More fundamentally, it is interpreted as a move to keep pace with the United States by reestablishing relations between Korea and Japan in line with the inauguration of the American administration by Joe Biden. Biden-elect recently spoke with the leaders of Korea and Japan, evaluating Japan as the “cornerstone of the Indo-Pacific region” and Korea as the “link” of the Indo-Pacific region.
Relief visits by high-ranking officials and opposition lawmakers continue, but Japan’s reaction is tepid. Prime Minister Suga said “conditions must be met” at the request of Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Jin-pyo, president of the Korea-Japan Congress Federation. The Japanese government said that the Korean Supreme Court’s ruling on compensation for victims of compulsory military service in October 2018 contradicted the Japan-Korea Claims Agreement in 1965, and that the South Korean government should find a solution. However, the Korean government is faced with the need to respect the Supreme Court ruling according to the “separation of powers”, and the two countries run in parallel for two years.
Reporter Seongsoo Lim [email protected]
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