Nomad has the headline of the month:
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said Friday that he has no intention to ask North Korea to apologize for its past wrongdoings, including the North’s invasion of the South in 1950 and terrorist attacks on South Koreans.
Roh said inter-Korean relations should now change, and a South Korean request for an apology from the North would hinder the two countries’ efforts to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula. [Yonhap]
This absolutely gives no creditability to any other Korean governmental demands for apologies from anyone else that they are constantly demanding. The next time anyone hears someone in Korea demand an apology over something show them this.
The Marmot has more on this as well.
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8:12 am on October 20th, 2007 1
Roh Moo-Hyun Almost Got It Half Right…
On one hand, this could make good sense; if one is truly looking for reconciliation there no need to continually rehash the past. If Roh had included something about how the North should also not except an apology from South Korea either (though I’m …
8:15 am on October 20th, 2007 2
I’m waiting to see in any Korean press will point out the hypocrisy (re: Japan) in this situation. Doubtful, but we’ll see.
As it stands, the Japanese Imperial family could apologize on live TV, immediately commit ritual suicide to express their sorrow, and Koreans would probably mill around, kicking the corpses while asking for more sincere apologies.