jampbells t1_iw9g9hn wrote on November 13, 2022 at 11:28 PM

Reply to comment by yogopig in South Korea, Japan seek better 'ties' amid North Korea missile tensions by Srishanvi

World War 2 atrocites. In some ways Imperial Japan made the Nazis look calm by comparison.

LeHolm t1_iw9lpj2 wrote on November 14, 2022 at 12:08 AM

Also refusal to apologize or largely acknowledge what happened by Japan has fueled resentment in the region for awhile.

afromanspeaks t1_iwatsoa wrote on November 14, 2022 at 6:45 AM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_apology_statements_issued_by_Japan

thethunder92 t1_iw9vmxn wrote on November 14, 2022 at 1:24 AM

Actually it started even before world war 2, Japan basically enslaved Koreans and used their women as sex slaves for a couple decades

GeophysicsSharkie t1_iwb5v0q wrote on November 14, 2022 at 9:40 AM

Not just women, teen girls.

castiglione_99 t1_iw9zjhd wrote on November 14, 2022 at 1:56 AM

Not just WWII atrocities. prior to the end of WWII, Japan had colonized Korea, a period in which the Korean language was suppressed, etc. and the Japanese tried to turn the Koreans into Japanese people. Pretty much the same story as elsewhere in the world, but with the Europeans and local brown people swapped out for Asians from here, and Asians from over there.