Not learning from their mistakes

I did not have many opportunities to cover former president Roh Moo-hyun in depth, but a certain scene lingers in my memories. It was during a by-election for a legislative seat representing a district in Busan in August 2002 —...

2021-01-17

Suga adopts Abe's hard line toward South Korea

South Korea may not co-sponsor a resolution condemning North Korea’s human rights violations, Seoul’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said Monday.

2020-10-26

New Japanese prime minister looks to build 'forward-looking' relations with Korea

New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called Korea an "important neighbor" and expressed hopes of building "forward-looking" relations in a letter to President Moon Jae-in, the Blue House said Monday.

2020-09-21

Seoul voices 'deep regret' over Abe's visit to Yasukuni Shrine

Korea voiced "deep concern and regret" after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo on Saturday visited a war shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.

2020-09-20

Untying the Gordian knot

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has been confirmed to succeed Shinzo Abe as Japanese prime minister. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) endorsed the hawkish statesman as its new leader after the sudden...

2020-09-15

What Abe has left

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been reading “Napoleon,” a three-volume book by Kenichi Sato about 19th century French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. He stopped after finishing the first...

2020-09-01

Toward a turning point

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday announced he was retiring for health reasons, putting an end to his title as the longest-serving Japanese cabinet head, three months short of eight years. Abe used to enjoy huge...

2020-08-31

What happened to Abe? (KOR)

“All you need to do is check the prime minister’s face!”That’s what senior reporters would advise when a reporter gains access to the prime minister’s residence in Japan. In the first tenure of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2007,...

2020-08-25

'Comfort woman' statue riles Japan and Abe in particular

A pair of statues of a man bowing contritely before a girl symbolizing Japan’s wartime sexual slavery victims is making waves amid speculation that the kneeling figure represents Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

2020-07-29

Top Moon advisor calls White House diplomacy 'a circus'

Moon Chung-in, a key security advisor to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, slammed the White House’s decision-making regarding diplomacy with North Korea, saying U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton’s recent revelations...

2020-07-02

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