Lee Jae-myung, the next president of South Korea

- Opposes military exercises involving Japan, labeling its supporters as engaging in "far-right pro-Japanese acts"

- Described Japan as South Korea's de facto "enemy country" and warned that Japan would invade if its military https://t.co/SH5piay3Ri

由仁アリン Arin Yuni

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If North Korea attacked South Korea, would the South Korean government expect the Japanese to help/intervene?
I understand their point of view with the brutal Japanese colonisation of Korea, but not from a modern geopolitical standpoint.
I take it they see North Korea as far left (communist), and Japanese as far right?

So no China Japan Korea joint tarrifs then lmfao

@kaufman any recs on good journalists covering asia?