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The ceremony was held at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. In his second National Liberation Day speech after taking office, President Yoon said, "Japan is now a partner that shares universal values and pursues common interests. We will cooperate and exchange in the fields of security and economy in a future-oriented manner. Together, we can contribute to the peace and prosperity of the world." In addition, he appealed that he has promoted cooperative relationships with countries that share universal values such as freedom and the rule of law, emphasizing the importance of cooperation between Japan, the United States and South Korea. A trilateral summit meeting between Japan, the United States, and South Korea is scheduled to take place in the United States on the 18th of this month. would," he said.
The trilateral summit scheduled for the 18th will be held at Camp David, a US presidential retreat on the outskirts of Washington. It was the first time a foreign leader visited Camp David under the Biden administration. The Biden administration emphasizes relations with Japan and South Korea, with the response to North Korea and China in mind. proposed to invite the leaders of Japan and South Korea to the United States for a meeting. At this meeting, the agenda was to expand trilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and other areas, including dealing with the threat posed by North Korea and strengthening relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Pacific island nations. there is In addition, Reuters reported on the 14th that at the summit meeting, it is expected that the three leaders will agree to set up a hotline to communicate with each other in the event of a crisis.
In his Liberation Day speech, President Yoon also mentioned North Korea's continuing provocations. While contrasting the economic power of North Korea and his own country, he criticized, "There is a clear difference between South Korea, which chose liberal democracy, and North Korea, which chose communist totalitarianism." . "In order to stop the North's nuclear and missile threats, the three countries must cooperate closely and share information in real time," he said. "We will cooperate with the international community so that the North Korean regime can move forward on the path of dialogue and cooperation rather than nuclear weapons and missiles, and improve the lives of its residents," he said.
As with last year, there was no criticism of Japan. President Yoon, who places great importance on Japan-South Korea relations, argued in a speech last year that historical issues could be resolved if bilateral ties turned toward the future. In March of this year, the South Korean government announced a 'solution' to the issue of former forced laborers, which was the biggest pending issue between Japan and South Korea. The content is that in the former forced labor lawsuit, the South Korean Supreme Court (Supreme Court) ordered the defendants Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to compensate the former forced laborers. The Japanese Imperial Forced Mobilization Victim Support Foundation will pay the plaintiffs an amount equivalent to compensation, including delayed interest. At the Japan-South Korea summit held immediately after presenting this solution, the leaders of the two countries agreed to normalize relations. Currently, exchanges between the political world, the business world, and the private sector are becoming more active.
President Yoon's achievement in improving Japan-Korea relations, which was said to be the worst after the war, is great, but it was his father, Yoon Ki, who influenced President Yoon's view of Japan, which emphasized Japan. Shigeuji. Kiju was passed away at a hospital in Seoul on the 15th. was 91 years old. Kiju was born in Gongju in the central part of the country. He has served as President of the Korean Statistical Society and President of the Korean Economic Association. In the late 1960s, when he was a professor at Hanyang University, he studied abroad at Hitotsubashi University (Kunitachi City, Tokyo) for a year and served as a visiting professor in 1982. When President Yoon was a child, he also visited Japan with his family, and once used Kunitachi Station, the nearest station to Hitotsubashi University, to visit his father. After giving a speech at the Liberation Day ceremony, President Yoon rushed to the hospital to see his last moments.
2023/08/16 13:08 KST
