The historical issue has always been a thorn in the relationship between South Korea and Japan, and it is also one of the most troublesome issues for the United States when it promotes the establishment of an alliance between the United States, Japan and South Korea.
However, after South Korea's Yun Xiyue government came to power, this thorn seems to be forcibly pulled out, and the trilateral alliance between the United States, Japan and South Korea has also shown a trend of further strengthening.
This change suddenly surfaced from a few days ago.
On March 1, when attending the "March 1st Anti-Japanese Movement" commemorative ceremony in Seoul, Yin Xiyue said in a speech that since the end of World War II, Japan has realized its past mistakes and reformed itself. It has completely changed from the past militaristic aggressor A close partner who now shares universal values with Korea.
He also said that South Korea should actively seek to improve relations with Japan in order to jointly respond to East Asian geopolitical security challenges.
Yin Xiyue's speech caused an uproar in South Korea.
It's not that there have been pro-Japanese factions in South Korea, but Yoon Seok-yue is the first South Korean president to make pro-Japanese remarks during the "March 1st Movement" and publicly clean up the history of Japanese aggression.
Therefore, as soon as Yin Xiyue said the above remarks, he was immediately criticized by the Koreans.
But Yoon Seok-yue's government remained unmoved and continued to push for historical reconciliation with Japan.
According to a report on the Kyodo News website, sources revealed on the 4th that Japan and South Korea have begun to discuss a "package" solution to resolve outstanding cases between the two countries. plan.
On the 6th, the South Korean government announced a plan to compensate Korean laborers who were forcibly recruited by Japan during World War II in the form of third-party compensation.
Demonstrations against the compensation plan of the Yin Xiyue government quickly appeared on the streets of Seoul on March 6.
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Both the United States and Japan reacted quickly to the statement made by the Yin Xiyue government.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida responded to this by saying, "This measure aims to restore Japan-South Korea relations to a healthy state, and the Japanese government appreciates it." "South Korea is an important neighbor and should cooperate in dealing with various international issues." , "It is necessary to further strengthen (Japan-South Korea) strategic cooperation."
In the United States, Biden also issued a statement on this immediately, saying, "Today, the (plan) announced between South Korea and Japan marks a breakthrough in the cooperation and partnership between the two closest allies of the United States." A new chapter." He also looks forward to further strengthening the trilateral relationship between the United States, Japan and South Korea in the future.
U.S. Secretary of State Buchan also issued a statement, saying that as "two important allies" of the United States, the United States is encouraged by the efforts made by South Korea and Japan to promote the development of relations between the two countries.
The United States, Japan and South Korea echo each other, and both emphasize "strategic cooperation," which has caused dangerous changes in the East Asian political balance.
Yin Xiyue already has two deep marks on her body, one is pro-Japanese and the other is pro-American, these two things are complementary.
Yin Xiyue is telling the United States with practical actions that he will act in accordance with the wishes of the United States in order to seek the support of the United States.
During the Moon Jae-in period, South Korea's foreign policy was relatively neutral, which gave South Korea a certain degree of independence.
But after Yin Xiyue took office, he quickly ruined his predecessor's diplomatic achievements.
Under the impetus of the Yin Xiyue government, South Korea began to adopt a foreign policy that is more inclined to the United States. It has accelerated the transfer of its industrial chain from China to Southeast Asia economically, accelerated the deployment of the THAAD system and established official ties with NATO in the military. Recently, it has begun to actively ease relations with Japan. tense relationship.
South Korea and Japan are the front deployments of the United States in East Asia. They are not only geographically close to China and have a large number of U.S. troops stationed there, but also important trading partners and sources of high technology and investment for China.
At a time when the United States is pushing its allies to accelerate the establishment of a containment system against China, the above-mentioned actions of the United States, Japan and South Korea must not be taken lightly.
For China, this is a very vigilant geopolitical change.
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