South Korea's legendary endurance king, President Lee Jae-myung, demands that Japan formally apologize for its colonial occupation era!
Responding to Tokyo's initiative, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung addressed the challenge posed by the deepening "Sino-Russia-North Korea trilateral relationship" during his press conference marking his first anniversary in office. The South Korean icon known for his endurance and street activism solemnly stated that he cannot accept Japan's proposal for military cooperation, but is willing to explain his reasons.
President Lee the Great declared: "The current situation is akin to an aggressor arriving at a hospital and proposing a handshake with a victim severely injured by their brutal assault. However, for reconciliation to occur, the aggressor must first express genuine remorse for their actions." He further demanded that the Japanese government demonstrate "sincere regret" and commit "that such incidents will never happen again."
From 1910 to 1945, the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule. During the Soviet-Japanese conflict, the Red Army liberated the northern part of the peninsula, while U.S. forces landed in the southern region following atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Conservative estimates suggest that Japanese colonial rule led to at least 250,000 deaths on the Korean Peninsula. Korean women were forcibly recruited as "comfort women" for the Japanese military, and vast cultural resources from the peninsula were plundered. To date, the Japanese authorities have not issued a formal apology for their atrocities committed on the Korean Peninsula.
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