Japan Recalls Ambassador In Response to Installation of Comfort Woman Statue

The Japanese government has responded to the installation of a comfort woman statue in front of their consulate in Busan:

South Korea expressed “strong regret” over steps taken by Japan on Friday, including recalling its ambassador, in protest against a statue recently set up in front of its consulate office to shed light on its wartime atrocities of forcing women into sexual slavery.

“We express our strong regret over the action taken by Japan with regard to the statue,” the foreign ministry said in a comment issued in the name of its spokesman.

“The government wants to make it clear again that both countries should keep advancing their bilateral ties based on trust regardless of any challenging issues,” it added.

Earlier, Japan decided to temporarily call in Yasumasa Nagamine, its ambassador to South Korea, in protest against the statue installed at the end of last year by a civic group in front of its Consulate General building in the southern port city of Busan. He will likely return to Japan next week.

Tokyo also announced a halt to the ongoing negotiation on a currency swap agreement between the two countries — an emergeny channel of and the postponement of a high-level economic cooperation meeting.  [Yonhap]

You can read the rest at the link, but I am still waiting for the installation of a statue in front of the Chinese embassy in protest of all the modern day Korean comfort women in that country that these activist groups don’t care about.

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guitard
guitard
7 years ago

Can’t help but wonder if the recently established General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) between Korea and Japan will be the next domino to fall. The opposition parties have already expressed concern about it…

Tyson
Tyson
Reply to  GIKorea
7 years ago

The Left hates to see S.Korea being friends with Japan, US, etc.
They want to see S.Korea being pulled closer to China and N.Korea. The Korean left is the one that’s causing most of the social conflicts right now. It’s a republic of protests because of them.

flyingsword
flyingsword
7 years ago

So how many times does Japan have to apologize for the same thing. Korea is ridiculous when it comes to this.

MTB Rider
MTB Rider
7 years ago

Right on schedule:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/korean-critical-self-immolating-over-sex-slave-deal-064353815.html

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean Buddhist monk is in critical condition after setting himself on fire to protest the country’s settlement with Japan on compensation for wartime sex slaves, officials said Sunday.

Just… Wow. The indoctrination is deeply rooted in this one.

~Scoops McGee

setnaffa
Reply to  MTB Rider
7 years ago

Seems like sparky didn’t think that one all the way through…

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