South Korean leader says Japan dishonest over wartime past

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Moon has berated Japan for carrying out its plan to downgrade South Korea's trade status and reiterated Seoul's stance that Tokyo was weaponizing trade to retaliate over political rows stemming from the countries' wartime history.

He said Japan should look “squarely at the past” and that its current actions were aggravating the pain and anger of South Koreans who suffered under Japan’s brutal colonial rule of Korea from 1910 to 1945. Tokyo’s recent moves to tighten controls on exports to South Korea, where major manufacturers like Samsung heavily rely on materials and parts imported from Japan, have touched off a full-blown diplomatic dispute.

But Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga did say on Thursday that the issue surrounding wartime forced laborers was the “biggest problem in bilateral relations.” Japan insists that all compensation matters were settled when the two countries normalized relations under a 1965 treaty and that the South Korean court rulings go against international law.

South Korea has a Great economy! Risking this over petty differences is ill conceived and not smart

[ make your point clear ] failure to do fair transactions, not historical issues.

These two countries better wake up. North Korea is going to be their biggest threat. It’s shows how adults act like little kids. It’s about the future, Japan has paid dearly for their past. South Korea needs to really wake up. It’s so stupid

Dear south Korea... You have n Allies.... Trump will abandon you... And N.korea will invade.. tread carefully...

인류의 빛 세계의 중심 우리는 천손 단군의 아들 딸 한민족 북 1% 불 금강산 얼 김정은 남 99% 물 지리산 얼 문재인 항일 대한독립 건국 임시정부 계승 한북미 안보 체제보장 비핵화 우주 창조신 한국 윈윈남북 빵상 아줌마 손 잡아라 동해 독도는 한국 땅 세계에서 우뚝 선다

한민족 주적 일제강점 항일 대한독립 건국 임시정부 건군 조선의열단 김원봉 배격 광복이라 친일 정부수립 보수 민족분열 원조 이승만 독재 반공방첩 안보 한미일 동맹 남북통일 세뇌 들러리 사법 방송과 언론 국정원 조작 기무사 일본 꼭두각시 정부 매국노 정치 부역자 색출 적폐청산 문재인 정부 !!

Japan must pay for their war crime atrocity from WWII. These savage murderers, killers, rapers, robbers, mutilators of mankind & among much evil things they did need sued and bring to justice. Most of them will face God & justice will be served.

South Korean leader always lies.

Japan is trash and stop whaling too

Son cretinos estos coreanos. Se lo tienen merecido terminen con la búsqueda de compensaciones

Great deal making by Drumpf. Chaos is what he wants.

JapanGov japan - stay strong 💪 you’re in great shape 👍

Abe is garbage. He is a garbage politician.

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