Youn said the pro-Pyongyang Chongryon was just one of 100 or so organizations involved in the event marking the 100th anniversary of the massacre of ethnic Koreans during the Great kanto earthquake.
It is not the time to stick with the outmoded “pro-Japanese” narrative but the time to squarely face the deepening nuclear threats from across the border.
The People Power Party (PPP) and the Democratic Party (DP) reverted to familiar attacks, accusing each other of being pro-North Korea or pro-Japan.
DP Chairman Lee Jae-myung demanded the government apologize and promise not to conduct a tripartite military exercise. But who would benefit from such a promise?
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