In the first half of this year, the interaction between the United States, Japan, and South Korea was quite frequent, and Biden reached a stage peak after inviting Yoon Suk-yeol and Fumio Kishida to a gathering at Camp David. However, with the outbreak of a new round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on 7 October, the United States has seriously lacked strategic energy in the Asia-Pacific region. There was no boss town, and the two younger brothers fought again, arguing over the issue of labor compensation in World War II, the import of Japanese seafood, and the disputed territory.
The heads of state of Japan and South Korea met.
First of all, the South Korean ** Court, that is, the Supreme Court, successively ruled two World War II labor compensation cases won by the South Korean side, which is in stark contrast to the "third-party compensation" plan previously implemented by Yoon Suk-yeol. At that time, Yoon Suk-yeol said, I knew that the Supreme Court would award compensation, but it was up to us Korean companies to bear the burden, but now that the two cases have been adjudicated, the Japanese side is strong, but Yoon Suk-yeol's approach is to pretend not to hear.
Then, it was Japan that took the initiative to let it go, saying that we plan to sell seafood that China does not buy to South Korea and the European Union. This time, the South Korean side did not save face for Japan. The head of the relevant department said bluntly,This is only a plan of the Japanese side, not the result of consultations between the two sides. We will not import unsalable scallops from Japan, and we will continue the embargo on seafood products around Fukushima. Compared with the picture of Yin Xiyue going to the aquatic market to eat seafood before, there is a huge contrast.
Yoon Suk-yeol's intention is to prove that Japanese seafood is safe and reliable through his own demonstration.
Finally, Yoon Suk-yeol himself also appeared. Recently, the ROK Ministry of National Defense issued a batch of ideological education materials distributed to ROK officers and soldiers, and one of the details of this is that Dokdo is listed as a territory with "sovereignty disputes." As soon as the incident occurred, the South Korean people were in an uproar, and South Korea has always insisted that there is no sovereignty dispute over Dokdo, and even Yoon Suk-yeol can't hold backHe personally came forward to reprimand the Ministry of Defense and demanded that they immediately correct it.
Japan and South Korea have been arguing over the ownership of Dokdo for many years. The ROK's position is that it is an absolute ROK territory in terms of history, geography and international law, and is now under the de facto control of the ROK. As for Japan, out of the consideration of overthrowing the post-World War II international order and becoming a normal country, it has been finding fault with neighboring countries, such as Dokdo, Diaoyu Island, and the four northern islands, and they have provoked all their neighbors who can be provoked.
Dokdo, South Korea?Japanese?
The Japanese side may think that they have the backing of the United States, and it is nothing to learn from bear children to make trouble, but this is indeed the case in normal times. But now the United States is too busy, and Japan is on its own, and there is no way to deal with its neighbors. The most interesting thing in this incident is why the South Korean Ministry of Defense did thisIt is difficult to say whether it was an unintentional mistake or whether it was infiltrated by the United States and Japan and took the initiative to provoke the Dokdo dispute.
In short, there is once again a rift in the relationship between Japan and South Korea. This is not what Japan has done, but Yoon Suk-yeol himself, because he has been engaged in "surrender diplomacy" for half a year, and the poll support rate cannot be seen at all. In more than three months, South Korea will hold a re-election for members of the National Assembly, and at this time, he will not take a tough attitude towards the outside world, for fear that the opposition parties will take away more parliamentary seats.
Yoon Suk-yeol was overjoyed, and the relationship between South Korea and Japan reappeared.
And Yoon Suk-yeol is a person, from the overthrow of Park Geun-hye back then, to the backstabbing of Moon Jae-in, and the recent face-to-face with Lee Jun-seok, the former leader of the People's Power Party, it can be seen that he is a "person who knows the times".Its domestic and foreign policies are all aimed at serving the greatest interests of individuals. In the past, when the United States needed nuclear protection, it "took a brave step", but now that it has what it wants, it is natural that there is no need to curry favor with Japan. And how long this adjustment can last, and what kind of results will be formed, we need to further observe.