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‘Right direction’: After judgment day from voters, Yoon shrugs off calls for change

‘Right direction’: After judgment day from voters, Yoon shrugs off calls for changeEven after the ruling party’s crushing defeat in the general elections on April 10, President Yoon Suk-yeol maintained on Tuesday that he has done his best to move the country in the right direction while only acknowledging that he didn’t do enough to make that change tangible to the public.

Where Sewol sank 10 years ago, a sea of tears as parents mourn lost children

Where Sewol sank 10 years ago, a sea of tears as parents mourn lost childrenWhen the yellow buoy came into vision through the fog, mournful wails echoed across the black-blue surface of the sea. A father bowed his head in silence, clutching the deck railing. A mother’s knees buckled as she sobbed profusely. Siblings who raised their chins to the sky, unable to control their tears. Everyone reacted in their own way, but the weight of their sorrow seemed universal.

[Editorial] Does Yoon think the Korean public is wrong?

[Editorial] Does Yoon think the Korean public is wrong?

President Yoon Suk-yeol directly addressed the ruling People Power Party’s defeat in last week’s general elections at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. However, instead of reflecting on the one-sided approach to policy and governance that Korean voters soundly rejected at the polls, he once again revealed his arrogance and self-righteousness.

Japan officially says compensation of Korean forced laborers isn’t its responsibility

Japan officially says compensation of Korean forced laborers isn’t its responsibility

In its annual diplomatic bluebook, Japan flatly declared that the Korean government is responsible for handling multiple judgments by the Korean Supreme Court that order Japanese companies to pay damages to Korean victims of forced labor. The report did not contain a single word of apology or remorse by the Japanese government and instead reiterated Japan’s far-fetched territorial claim to the island of Dokdo.

[Editorial] As it bolsters its alliance with US, Japan must be accountable for past

[Editorial] As it bolsters its alliance with US, Japan must be accountable for past

Japan has once again reiterated its false sovereignty claim on the Dokdo islets in its annual diplomatic policy bluebook. In addition, it maintained its position that it “deeply regrets and cannot accept” the Korean court rulings that Japanese companies should compensate the Koreans they used for forced labor.

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