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Yoon renews hopes for improved ties with Japan

1 March 2023
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2023-03-01 16:20

South Korea’s president on Wednesday called Japan “a partner that shares the same universal values” and renewed hopes to repair ties frayed over Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

Yoon spoke in Seoul at a ceremony marking the 104th anniversary of Korea's Independence Movement.Since taking office in May last year, President Yoon Suk Yeol has been pushing to mend the historical grievance with Japan and boost a Seoul-Tokyo-Washington security cooperation to better cope with increasing North Korean nuclear threats.

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