Comments on: Chosun on Japan’s neocons

By: Cloud

Cloud — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 05:35:18 +0000

One wonders exactly how often South Korea has played the “wartime atrocities card” in negotiations with Japan. We know that South Korea has secretly secured reparations once from Japan. (And wants more reparations — at least in some political quarters.) Were there other reparations we don’t know about? Will these sorts of things be written down in Korean textbooks alongside denunciations of Japan’s past aggression? “Yes, the Japanese have never atoned for past aggression, except for all the times they gave us money when we mentioned past aggression, but those times don’t count because they were backroom deals and … uh … involved collaborators.”

By: Adamu

Adamu — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 01:07:05 +0000

Right on, Juggertha — I say it’s about time Korea lost the ability to “play the WW2 card” over any issue it wanted. Abe might be a little reckless but that’s no reason to shy away from a stronger Japan. Typical nonsense editorial.

By: non korean

non korean — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:39:12 +0000

I keep hearing in the news about the terrible neocons in the U.S. and Japan. What about the leadership of the guy up North? Isn’t that worth reporting?

I think a lot of countries are getting tired of Korea’s trade policies.

By: Juggertha

Juggertha — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:51:22 +0000

For the last while Korea has been trying it’s hardest to “balance the elephants” around it. The noh administration seems to think it is THAT talented to be able to juggle Japan, China, the DPRK, Russia AND the US.

Now they are finding out that these Elephants have far more weight then they remembered.