Seoul: Japan has turned from an aggressor to a partner of South Korea.
According to Anatoly, Yoon Suk-yul, the president of South Korea’s JMHU, called Japan a “partner” on the anniversary of the “March 1, 1919” movement of this country.
Yoon said on the anniversary of the Korean independence movement from Japan: Today, a century after the March 1 independence movement, Japan has changed from a military aggressor to a partner with global values similar to ours.
He added: Today, Korea and Japan cooperate in security and economic fields, and in addition, we work together to deal with global challenges.
Bilateral relations between these two Asian countries, which are both allies of the United States in the region, have been intensified due to issues stemming from Japan’s colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945.
In 2018, a court in South Korea ordered Japanese companies to pay compensation for victims of forced labor during the war. Tokyo rejected the ruling and emphasized that the issue had been resolved in the past.
The two countries imposed trade sanctions against each other in 2019, and as a result, the relationship between Seoul and Tokyo became increasingly strained.
However, the government of Yoon Seok-yul, who took office in May last year, is trying to improve relations with Tokyo amid what it calls a growing threat from North Korea.
