President Park urges Japan to follow up on war statement with actions
- 9 years ago
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President Park Geun-hye has called on Japan to back up... through action... its past apologies for the country's imperialistic aggressions.
Marking the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule on Saturday,... she also urged North Korea to break out of its tired cycle of provocations and threats.
Choi You-sun starts us off.
President Park Geun-hye has expressed disappointment over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement on Friday marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two.
While noting Abe's assurances that Tokyo's previous Kono and Murayama statements of acknowledgement and apology about its imperialist past will be upheld, President Park said it's time for Japan to act.
"In order to gain the trust of its neighbors and the international community, Tokyo should follow up on its declaration to uphold its previous historical statements, with consistent and sincere actions."
For starters, the Korean president called on Tokyo to promptly seek an appropriate way to resolve issues concerning the Korean victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery.
President Park then vowed to respond firmly to North Korea's provocations, especially in the wake of the North's recent land mine attack in the Demilitarized Zone.
She urged the regime to shatter its illusion that it can sustain itself with provocations and threats.
"North Korea must immediately stop provocations and its nuclear development that aggravate our peoples' pain at being divided. It, instead, should choose to ease military tensions and rebuild trust between the two Koreas."
President Park then said South Korea will send a list of 60-thousand family members separated in the Korean War to Pyongyang, with hopes to help them reunite with their loved ones in the North on a regular basis.
"Irregardless of our conflicting ideologies, we must seek a fundamental solution to the separated family issue, from a humanitarian perspective."
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President Park Geun-hye has called on Japan to back up... through action... its past apologies for the country's imperialistic aggressions.
Marking the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule on Saturday,... she also urged North Korea to break out of its tired cycle of provocations and threats.
Choi You-sun starts us off.
President Park Geun-hye has expressed disappointment over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement on Friday marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two.
While noting Abe's assurances that Tokyo's previous Kono and Murayama statements of acknowledgement and apology about its imperialist past will be upheld, President Park said it's time for Japan to act.
"In order to gain the trust of its neighbors and the international community, Tokyo should follow up on its declaration to uphold its previous historical statements, with consistent and sincere actions."
For starters, the Korean president called on Tokyo to promptly seek an appropriate way to resolve issues concerning the Korean victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery.
President Park then vowed to respond firmly to North Korea's provocations, especially in the wake of the North's recent land mine attack in the Demilitarized Zone.
She urged the regime to shatter its illusion that it can sustain itself with provocations and threats.
"North Korea must immediately stop provocations and its nuclear development that aggravate our peoples' pain at being divided. It, instead, should choose to ease military tensions and rebuild trust between the two Koreas."
President Park then said South Korea will send a list of 60-thousand family members separated in the Korean War to Pyongyang, with hopes to help them reunite with their loved ones in the North on a regular basis.
"Irregardless of our conflicting ideologies, we must seek a fundamental solution to the separated family issue, from a humanitarian perspective."
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