According to South Korea's "East Asia Daily" reported on the 5th, Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan and Member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Seiseiro Wei, recently made remarks on Japan-South Korea relations, claiming that "Japan used to regard South Korea as a colony." With that in mind, Japan is, in a sense, a big brother to South Korea." As soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused a huge controversy in South Korea, and Yoon Hao-chung, secretary general of the Korea-Japan Parliamentary Union, said that the relevant remarks of Seishiro Weedō were "very regrettable", and some Korean netizens left messages reminding that "a nation that has forgotten history has no future."
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"East Asia Daily" quoted Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" reported that Seishiro Weito claimed at the LDP meeting held on the 4th that South Korea is in a sense a "brother country" for Japan, and Japan is a "big brother" and should work closely with South Korea and build bilateral relations "with a broad mind to protect South Korea and guide South Korea".
Later, when asked by reporters what the above remarks meant, Weiteng claimed that "Japan used to treat Korea as a colony. With that in mind, Japan is, in a sense, a big brother to South Korea." Asked whether "is the relationship between South Korea and Japan equal," Seishiro Weedo declared, "Do the Japanese people think that the U.S.-Japan relationship is equal?" "Again, I don't think South Korea would feel that The Relationship between Korea and Japan is equal. Japan should always be in a leading position."
According to South Korea's Newsis News Agency, Seishiro Wei teng even said in vain, "Whether it is economic strength or Japan's international status after World War II, I think Japan is ahead of South Korea in all aspects."
A number of South Korean media said that Seishiro Weedo made this remark during a visit to Japan by a delegation of South Korean parliamentarians to participate in the joint officer meeting of the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians Union. South Korean lawmakers have protested.
In the report, The East Asia Daily wrote that Ri Yang-so, a member of the South Korean delegation to Japan and a member of the South Korean ruling National Power Party, said that "this is a very inappropriate statement and needs to apologize for it" and that "if South Korea and Japan want to enhance friendly relations, politicians should be more cautious in their words and deeds after careful consideration." According to Asia Economics, Yoon Ho-jeong, secretary general of the Korea-Japan Parliamentarian Union and member of the Common Democratic Party of south Korea's opposition party, said: "(Seishiro Weedo) made a very regrettable statement. As for whether to ask the Japanese side to apologize, he said, "a decision will be made after discussion."
After a number of Korean media reported on the matter, the reaction of South Korean netizens was also "fried". A South Korean netizen mocked the East Asia Daily newspaper: "Boy! We never thought of treating you as brothers. Even if we talk about generations, we are still your grandfather", another Korean netizen echoed, "to be precise, this is the grandfather's behavior of the grandchildren to pull the grandfather's beard." ↓
Under the relevant report of the Newsis News Agency, some South Korean netizens criticized: "[Japan] stabbed us with a knife and then said that it was necessary to educate our nation." ”↓
There are also Korean netizens who leave a message reminding: "A nation that forgets history has no future." ”↓
Source: World Wide Web