South Korea protests Japanese PM's visit to Yasukuni Shrine, urging repentance for wartime past.

South Korea protests Japanese PM Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, expressing deep disappointment and urging Japanese leaders to show repentance for the country's wartime past. Yasukuni Shrine, viewed by Beijing and Seoul as a symbol of Japan's past military aggression, includes 14 Japanese wartime leaders convicted as war criminals among the 2.5 million war dead honored there.

April 21, 2024
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