{"id":59340,"date":"2026-06-09T17:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59340"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:06:01","slug":"south-korea-tells-japan-to-apologise-before-military-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59340","title":{"rendered":"South Korea tells Japan to apologise before military cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">South Korean President <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/lee-jae-myung?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Lee Jae Myung<\/span><\/a> has ruled out expanding military ties with <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/japan?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Japan<\/span><\/a> any time soon, insisting that historical grievances must be resolved first.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The two countries have come under growing pressure to strengthen defence ties as North Korea, China and Russia draw closer together. But analysts say such a move remains politically risky for Lee\u2019s government given deep-seated public resentment in <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/south-korea?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">South Korea<\/span><\/a> towards Japan.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">To explain why his country could not yet embrace military cooperation with Japan, Lee likened it to a man being punched and hospitalised before being asked by his attacker to shake hands and move on.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cCan I simply get along with them because it is necessary?\u201d Lee asked at a press conference on Monday marking his first year in office.<\/p>\n<figure xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-qa=\"Component-StyledFigure\" class=\"css-19yzsmk e1t6i3s46\"><default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"42\" height=\"29\" viewbox=\"0 0 42 29\" fill=\"none\" data-qa=\"Component-StyledQuoteIcon\" class=\"css-0 e1t6i3s47\"><default:path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M-0.000289917 9.38348L4.75373 4.78444L9.42532 0.104248V9.38348H18.9334L18.9334 28.1042H-0.000289917V9.38348ZM22.457 9.38332L27.1301 4.78428L31.8826 0.104086L31.8826 9.38332H41.3906V28.1041L22.457 28.1041L22.457 9.38332Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/default:svg><\/p>\n<blockquote data-qa=\"Component-StyledBlockquote\" class=\"css-1twxibn e1t6i3s45\"><p>To become real friends, that attacker would need to say, \u2018I\u2019m genuinely sorry\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div data-qa=\"Component-StyledFigcaptionContainer\" class=\"css-1yupmj4 e1t6i3s44\"><figcaption data-qa=\"Component-StyledFigcaption\" class=\"css-dwx5o0 e1t6i3s42\">South Korean President Lee Jae Myung<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cIn order to become real friends, that attacker would need to say, \u2018I\u2019m genuinely sorry \u2026 it must have hurt you \u2026 I promise I will never do it again,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/politics\/article\/3356366\/south-korea-tells-japan-apologise-military-cooperation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ruled out expanding military ties with Japan any time soon, insisting that historical grievances must be resolved first&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}