SKorean leader's Japan comments defended

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 26, 2023 12:21 am

SEOUL: South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol was in hot water on Tuesday after comments he made about former colonial power Japan not needing to 'kneel down' to improve ties went viral on social media.

Yoon, who is on a six-day state visit to the United States, has made boosting relations with Tokyo a key plank of his administration's policy as he seeks to increase regional security cooperation in the face of rising threats from North Korea.

IMPORTANT ALLY This file photo shows South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol speaking during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea, on March 10, 2022. Yoon heads to Washington Monday, as the allies bolster military cooperation — including with US regional partner Japan — over North Korea’s expanding nuclear weapons program. XINHUA PHOTO

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