Anti Japanese Editorial In Korean News Paper...

Wow Korean editorials are so well planned out...I was going to write a scathing editorial my self about this but the guys over at JapanProbe pretty much summed everthing up.


"In an article posted on the Chosun Ilbo’s website this morning, the South Korean newspaper asked the question “How Ethically Advanced Is Japan?” This is their answer:

While continuing to ignore the pains and calls for an apology by fellow Asians who suffered, Japan has trembled with fear every time the United States, Canada, Germany or other Western nation began criticizing it. Japan may be an economic powerhouse. But when it comes to a sense of morality and ethics, Japan is probably one of the world’s poorest nations.

Ah yes, if you disagree with the way the Japanese government interprets historical events, the entire nation must be morally and ethically “poor.” What fine journalism. Strangely, their Japanese language site’s translation of the final line in the article lacks the anti-Japanese punch of the English version, as Neverland points out:

しかし成熟度や精神年齢の面では、それに見合った発達を遂げることはできなかったようだ。

However it seems as though [Japan’s] development in terms of morals and ethics could not match [it’s economic development].

I have been unable to find any English language articles on the Chosun Ilbo site about the South Korean government’s refusal to step in and save a group of North Korean refugees who have been captured in Thailand and Laos. Since the South Korean embassy is not trying to claim the refugees, they will likely be sent back to North Korea, where they will face certain torture and imprisonment (or execution). One Free Korea has information on people you can write to and complain about this situation. Maybe somebody should also write to the Chosun Ilbo and tell them to stop wasting their time with petty editorials in which they bash the morality of the entire Japanese nation, and instead spread the word about this outrage in Southeast Asia."
South Korean newspaper: Japan is not “ethically advanced” [Link]