At the start of the 20th century, Japan annexed Korea, lighting the fire of an independence movement that would ultimately see its goal achieved in 1945. This bit of history, which might seem distant ...
Jinwan Park is a nonresident James A. Kelly Korea Fellow at Pacific Forum. Just three months ago, Japan and South Korea seemed to be making steady progress in mending ties, seeking to overcome the ...
There is extreme animosity in Korea toward Japan, due to Japan’s annexation of Korea at the beginning of the 20th century and brutal Japanese rule there through the end of the Second World War.
At the start of the 20th century, Japan annexed Korea, lighting the fire of an independence movement that would ultimately see its goal achieved in 1945. This bit of history, which might seem ...
U.S. lawmakers and diplomatic officials stressed the need for close cooperation among the United States, South Korea and Japan in response to the possible impeachment of South Korean President ...
Russia and Japan have never signed an official peace treaty to end the second world war because of a dispute over the Kuril Islands. The Soviet army seized the Kurils at the end of the war in 1945 and ...