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The Japanese government said it had “done nothing wrong” and instead publicly expressed regret to Korea. So how did our government react to this?
Let alone raising an issue officially, their absence from the memorial service was not meant as a protest.
When asked whether “Japan has broken its promise,” he said, “We need to look into it carefully,” and seemed to defend Japan.
This is reporter Cho Eui-myeong.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs press briefing held this afternoon.
A few hours ago, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially expressed regret toward Korea, but our Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not make any statement.
When asked by reporters whether there were plans to protest or express regret at the government level, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded, “We are reviewing it,” and “We are unlikely to make a statement today.”
He also announced that he has no plans to take a position on Japan’s memorial address, which does not contain reflection or apology.
When asked whether Japan had broken its promise at the time of registering Sado Mine to UNESCO, he said, “We will have to carefully examine whether we have broken our promise.”
At the same time, he said that the decision not to attend the memorial ceremony was not a protest against Japan, but simply because “there was not enough time to discuss.”
Even though a far-right figure attended as a representative of the Japanese government and there was no reflection or apology for forced labor at the memorial ceremony, our government’s position is that there is nothing to raise an issue or protest against.
Reporters pointed out that our government’s attitude could be criticized as ‘low-profile diplomacy’, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs only responded that it was “fully aware.”
Criticism poured in from the opposition party, calling it ‘the worst diplomatic disaster since liberation’.
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“It will be recorded as the worst diplomatic history in which the Korean government itself justified Japan’s colonial rule.”
The People Power Party also failed to deny that this incident was a clear diplomatic failure.
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“I think we need to humbly reflect and examine whether this result was due to the complacent attitude of our diplomatic authorities.”
Regardless of the government, when issues of past history arise, such as Japan’s textbook distortions or leaders’ visits to Yasukuni, the government has responded quickly and strongly, including immediately issuing a statement and summoning diplomats.
This is why the attitude of our diplomatic authorities, who remain silent even after suffering the worst humiliation, is considered even more unusual.
This is Jo Eui-myeong from MBC News.
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