North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, while pushing the button that will detonate a nuclear bomb, thanks his South Korean counterparts including former president Kim Dae-jung, who first started the so-called Sunshine Policy of engagement with the North, and the incumbent Roh Moo-hyun, who has been constantly friendly to the North.-Chosun Ilbo
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President Roh…yeah.
Published by October 11th, 2006 in History Dispute, Korea, Yasukuni Shrine and Japan. 2 CommentsRoh calls on Japan to develop “future-oriented relations” with Korea
Published by September 26th, 2006 in History Dispute, Korea, Yasukuni Shrine and Japan. 2 CommentsFrom The Japan Times:
South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun said Tuesday he hopes new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will develop future-oriented relations with Seoul and promote regional cooperation in Northeast Asia, the Blue House presidential office said.
Roh expressed the hope in a congratulatory message to Abe, the office said.
Relations between Japan and South Korea have […]
Emperor Akihito comments on the war
Published by June 6th, 2006 in History Dispute, Yasukuni Shrine and Japan. 0 CommentsJapanese Emperor Akihito has made some new comments about the Pacific War:
Emperor Akihito on Tuesday said Japan should remember the damage and pain its militarist past caused its own people and Asian neighbors, and called for more effort to ensure it never happens again.
Emperor Akihito, 72, also expressed concerns about fading knowledge of the past […]
A separate shrine for Class-A war criminals?
Published by May 20th, 2006 in Yasukuni Shrine and Japan. 1 CommentMakoto Koga
Last week, Makoto Koga, an influential faction leader within Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party(LDP), suggested that the Class-A war criminals enshrined at the Yasukuni shrine be placed in a separate shrine within the grounds of Yasukuni.
