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Tuesday, 18 October 2016

South Korea - voices concern about controversial shrine visit: ARIRANG NEWS

Published on Oct 17, 2016
정부 "일본 정부. 의회지도자 야스쿠니 공물.참배 깊은 우려"

Korea has responded to the Monday visit by Japanese lawmakers to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine.
Seoul's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Tuesday,... saying the government expresses "deep concern and disappointment" about the visit by the group of cabinet members and lawmakers who paid tribute at the shrine,... which honors Japan's war dead, including 14 Class-A war criminals.

Seoul urged them to demonstrate "sincere remorse for Japan’s past wrongdoing" to gain the trust of Japan's neighbors and the world.

The visit came a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the shrine.

Abe has only visited the shrine once since taking office to avoid inciting tensions with China and Korea, both of which regard it as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.

More Japanese lawmakers are reportedly slated to visit,... during the shrine's annual autumn festival, which runs through Thursday. 

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