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Seoul expresses 'deep disappointment' after new Japanese leader sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine

The South Korean government on Thursday voiced "deep disappointment" after Japanese leaders sent offerings to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which many Koreans view as a symbol of Japan’s militaristic and colonial past.

2024-10-17

Foreign Ministry protests war shrine visits by Japan's political leaders

Korea's Foreign Ministry has protested visits and delivery of offerings to the Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese political leaders.

2024-08-15

Foreign Ministry protests Japanese leader's offering to Yasukuni Shrine

The Korean Foreign Ministry protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s sending of a ritual offering to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Sunday.

2024-04-21

Seoul criticizes Japanese parliamentarians' visiting Yasukuni Shrine

A number of Japanese leaders visited the shrine on the occasion of the shrine's autumn festival, including members of a bipartisan group that makes regular visits to the shrine.

2023-10-18

Apart and together

On Liberation Day, President Yoon Suk Yeol stressed the need to cooperate with Japan toward a better future, but Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent ritual offerings to the Yasukuni Shine.

2023-08-15

Yoon stresses 'partnership' with Japan on Liberation Day

President Yoon Suk Yeol called Korea and Japan "partners" who share similar values and interests and stressed the importance of trilateral security cooperation with the United States in his Liberation Day address Tuesday.

2023-08-15

Korea blasts Kishida's sending of offering to Yasukuni Shrine

The Foreign Ministry protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ritual offering to Yasukuni war shrine on Friday…

2023-04-21

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.08.16

While President Yoon Suk-yeol stressed the need for cooperation with Japan in his first speech on Liberation Day, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent his ritual offering to the Yasukuni Shrine, where Japanese war criminals are resting.

2022-08-15

Lee, Kawamura meet in Seoul to thaw diplomatic chill

Ruling Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Lee Nak-yon and Takeo Kawamura, former Japanese chief cabinet secretary and current head of the Japan-Korea parliamentary group, met on Sunday to see if a thaw in icy bilateral relations was possible. “The...

2020-10-18

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