[WHY] Why do Koreans think Japan isn’t sorry?

Japan has offered numerous apologies to Korea since the two countries normalized relations in 1965, but recent polls show most Koreans do not believe Japan is truly repentant over its past — so what has gone wrong, and what can be done better?

via @minorusaba

https://toad.social/@minorusaba/110677539897938970

This is specific to how Koreans think, and credit to them for really pushing to even get this much. Many Southeast Asian governments over the decade has opted to not pursue this track seriously, and much of the work has been left to civilians like Filipina survivors of the Japanese comfort women scheme (such as it is).

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cendawanita, 11 months ago

The deliberate amnesia combined with japanese post-ww2 charm offensive that includes a lot of foreign investment and overseas aid in the region really contributed to many Southeast Asians having no great memory of the war and its consequences. (I know people of Malaysian Chinese background who'd unironically visited the Yasukuni shrine, for example)

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