Interview withheld on complaint of Suga’s’comfort women’s damage compensation’
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party continues to order Korea to respond hard
South Korean ambassador to Japan Nam Kwan-pyo is surrounded by reporters answering questions while leaving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office building on the 8th. The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the Ambassador Nam to protest strongly to the Japanese government at that time after the Korean court admitted responsibility for compensation for victims of Japanese military comfort women. Tokyo = Kyodo Yonhap News
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga did not conduct an interview with South Korean Ambassador Nam Kwan-pyo to Japan, and it was pointed out that it was a “diplomatic rudeness”. It is interpreted that Japan’s dissatisfaction with the Korean judiciary’s ruling that the Japanese government acknowledged responsibility for compensation for victims of comfort women in Japan on the 8th is reflected.
According to diplomatic sources from Korea and Japan on the 17th, Prime Minister Suga put the request for an interview with the South Ambassador ahead of his resignation. In response, Ambassador Nam returned to Korea on the afternoon of the 16th without a face-to-face greeting with Prime Minister Suga. This is unusual considering that it is customary for the Korean ambassador to Japan to meet with the Japanese prime minister prior to resignation.
Japan’s private broadcaster TBS reported that the interview between Prime Minister Suga and Ambassador Nam was put on hold in consideration of the ruling of the Korean court ordering compensation for damages from Japanese military comfort women, citing multiple Japanese government officials. In this regard, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is also calling for a hard-line response from South Korea after the judgment on compensation for victims of comfort women.
On the 15th, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Foreign Affairs Committee presented a resolution to the government calling for a quick response from the Japanese government in opposition to the judgment of the Korean judiciary. If the Japanese government’s assets in Korea are seized as a result of the decision of the Korean judiciary, it is said that a countermeasure is to consider freezing of Korean government assets or financial sanctions. Koji Tomita, the new Japanese ambassador to Korea, who is about to take office next month as ambassador to Korea, will be suspended and the decision to file a case with the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Urged.
Japan’s move contrasts with President Moon Jae-in’s willingness to improve Korea-Japan relations by meeting Ambassador Tomita, who is leaving Korea at the Blue House on the 14th. President Moon evaluated the efforts made for the relationship between Korea and Japan during the tenure of Ambassador Tomita, and said, “It is necessary for the two countries to restore future-oriented relations early.”
The new Korean ambassador to Japan, Kang Chang-il, who will take office this week as Ambassador Nam’s successor, said at an online press conference held in Seoul on the 17th that Prime Minister Suga was not conducting interviews with Ambassador Nam as’diplomatic rudeness’. I think. I don’t know why I couldn’t say hello or I didn’t meet.”
Tokyo= Kim Hoe-kyung Correspondent [email protected]
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