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1) People don't understand why Yoon is trying to commit a political suicide and burn down the whole diplomatic scene with it, but Yoon's office claimed that the 2018 Supreme Court ruling was wrong from the Japanese perspective and he had to intervene. This is basically pouring oil onto the fire of mass public outrage.

2) And insulting the Supreme Court doesn't help Yoon's argument when the asset liquidation trial resumes.

3) A survey of leading law professors concluded Yoon's proposed debt swap plan was not legally possible, there is no way to stop the liquidation of seized assets when the plaintiffs doesn't want it, the nature of debt(punitive damages on criminal actions of the defendants) doesn't allow such swab and it's even spelled out in the law. What Yoon's proposing is like a guy who was sentenced to 5 years in prison swap his prison sentence with another substitute who goes to prison on the convict's behalf. It doesn't work like that.

4) So if the plaintiffs insist on liquidation of seized Japanese assets, they will get it. And then what happens?

5) From the looks of it, Yoon's regime may collapse faster than Park's. The public opposition is much much stronger than the comfort women agreement.

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He is on the right track.

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Japan and South Korea currently have a strategic partnership? The "further bolster" phrase seems to be indicating this.

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It's easy to understand Yoon decisions if you care about South Korea existence, survival, Korean War 2.0 is real and possible, especially after what Russia just did to Ukraine.

Yoon had no other options on the table, it was either this or nothing! No options to humiliate Japan more existed, with Japan approval at least. (See, I get it, S.Korea has been spoiled for decades with apologies and compensation on demand).... Koreans are so confused, why can't this go on Forever!

Korean saying is"Japanese aggressor doesnt Decide when it's over", Translation?? We will never give up on historical issues, no apology is good enough, no compensation enough until we say Yes, not just one time, but as many times as Korean victim hood mentality requires.

Comfort Woman agreement, 70% of women supported that deal, yet in 2017 under Moon, that wasn't enough anymore either. It don't matter the approval rating, Korea will always play Squid Games on repeat if you allow them too!

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To make friends, find a common enemy.

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Peace.

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Gotta love that hair style, Unique.

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I doubt that Yoon's agreement with Japan will "stick." Thanks largely to Tokyo's cold and stingy attitude concerning its war crimes, South Koreans are outraged by any concession to their former colonizer.

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Donald SeekinsToday  09:27 am JST

I doubt that Yoon's agreement with Japan will "stick." Thanks largely to Tokyo's cold and stingy attitude concerning its war crimes, South Koreans are outraged by any concession to their former colonizer.

False. Japan has agreed to and abided by every request South Korea has made regarding the CWs and Forced Labor. As for "War Crimes" they've already been charged, tried and convicted at the Tokyo Trials.

The "outraged" South Koreans today are Acivists and lawyers who will lose their bread and butter, "witnesses" that are used by the them, and the younger people who have been ingrained with the anti-JPN education that has taken root since the 1990s.

FatJoeToday  09:32 am JST

I hope Kishida takes him to Yasukuni Shrine.

Actually not a bad idea considering that there are many Koreans enshrined there, including many class B and C War Criminals.

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The US, South Korea and Japan have met to resolve this issue 40 times over the last year, The US welcomes it, Japan welcomes it and the South Korea welcomes it. Excluding the anti-JPN faction that has steered South Korea's polittical and diplomatic direction. It is high time that the South Korean government took back control from this minority whose actions only benefit North Korea, China and Russia by obstructing the US-SK-JPN security policy.

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The US, South Korea and Japan have met to resolve this issue 40 times over the last year, The US welcomes it, Japan welcomes it and the South Korea welcomes it. Excluding the anti-JPN faction that has steered South Korea's polittical and diplomatic direction. It is high time that the South Korean government took back control from this minority whose actions only benefit North Korea, China and Russia by obstructing the US-SK-JPN security policy.

Exactly, a noisy minority that are probably in Xi's pocket. They'll find one ancient professor in Japan who thinks comfort women weren't so bad and then act like all of Japan holds that belief and the two countries have fractured ties lol

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@ReasonandwisdomNippon

Korean War 2.0 is real and possible

And be over in 2 weeks. The ROK and the US are drilling for that 2 week conquest of North Korea scenario right now.

In case you are not aware, Korea actually sells protection to other countries willing to pay. UAE has Korea's protection and Saudi Arabia was willing to pay $100 billion for it too. Moon said no to Saudi bid, but the liberals are scared Yoon might sell Korea's protection to Saudi Arabia for $100 billion worth of weapon sales and training.

https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/risky-business-south-koreas-secret-military-deal-with-uae/

Risky Business: South Korea’s Secret Military Deal With UAE

The pact included a controversial clause that would obligate South Korea to intervene militarily to protect the UAE in the event of a crisis, in addition to the deployment of South Korean special forces – meaning the Akh Unit and possibly additional units – and the supply of military equipment on an ongoing basis.

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Yoon had no other options on the table, it was either this or nothing!

Of course Yoon could always declare the whole negotiation a failure, that was the recommendation of his advisors. None of his advisors wanted this deal because of almost certain massive public backlash, but Yoon supposedly laughed off that it didn't matter if his poll dropped to 1%, he didn't have another election to run. But that's not the case for the ruling party's parliamentary members who face a blood bath at the next election.

No options to humiliate Japan more existed

There exists one; let the court liquidate Japanese assets. 

Korean saying is "Japanese aggressor doesnt Decide when it's over",

There is no such Korean saying.

@Donald Seekins

I doubt that Yoon's agreement with Japan will "stick." 

It's already dead on arrival, because the forced laborers already rejected the deal and will continue with the asset liquidation. Yoon's plan isn't legally binding and can't stop the court liquidation process.

@OssanJapan

False. Japan has agreed to and abided by every request South Korea has made regarding the CWs and Forced Labor.

Well, Korea asked Japanese defendant companies to issue apology letters and contribute into the compensation fund(Not necessarily full amount, just 10% of verdict was enough), Abe and Kishida said no. So the asset liquidation process resumes.

the South Korea welcomes it. Excluding the anti-JPN faction

Well, that anti-Japan faction of Korea happens to be 64% of general population according to polls and 62% of the parliament, in other word the supermajority of Korean population and parliament.

 It is high time that the South Korean government took back control from this minority

The so-called Korean government is the minority, backed by 23% of the population according to the polls. His party has 38% of the seats in the parliament.

@Awa No Gaijin

To my knowledge there never was or has been healthy ties between Tokyo and Seoul.

Actually there was a wonderful time from 2000 toward the end of the Democratic party of Japan rule in December 2012. Things were so good that Japan and Korea considered buying weapons from each other, Korea buying OH-1 Ninja helicopters from Japan and Japan buying new build KAAV-7 from Korea.

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Yoon will goto jail after his presidency and that "Wartime settling plan" will be a political time bomb to explode until then. Not ever a single right wing president of that country ever had a good ending. This not a curse but the history of South Korea marked that!

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Awa no GaijinToday  10:10 am JST

Kishida hailed the plan, saying it will help to restore "healthy ties" between Tokyo and Seoul,

Restore ? ? ?

To my knowledge there never was or has been healthy ties between Tokyo and Seoul.

That's only because you are too young to know/remember SK-JPN relations 1945-1990.

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SK is hijacked by a few determined spoilers who adroitly manipulated the nationalist gene.

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South Korea has been cursed with nationalism lunacy and Mr.Yoon is brave to fix this problem. Japan should make sure this gentleman have a peaceful life after his presidency

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