South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Fumio Kishida of Japan. Kiyoshi Otal/Getty Images March 6, 2024 President Yoon is lauded in West for embracing Japan − in South Korea it fits a conservative agenda that is proving less popular Myunghee Lee, Michigan State University and Sungik Yang, Arizona State University Critics of the South Korean leader accuse him of eroding democracy at home while embracing a historic enemy on the international stage.
US President Joe Biden, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol hold a side meeting at the G7 summit. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images August 17, 2023 Solidarity and symbolism the order of the day as US, Japan and South Korea leaders meet at Camp David Mary M. McCarthy, Drake University President Biden has an opportunity to show himself as a global leader who can bring historically antagonistic U.S. allies together.
Jason Reed/Reuters February 7, 2017 Statue wars reveal contested history of Japan’s ‘comfort women’ Ethan Hee-Seok Shin, Yonsei University Japan claims that the placement of “comfort girl” statues outside the Japanese legations in South Korea violates international law, but state practice and jurisprudence suggests otherwise.