The opposition in South Korea won the election by attacking the ruling party as "pro-Japanese." Despots in China, Russia, and North Korea would welcome that.
MediaWatch founder Byun Hee-jae says that scholarly rebuttal is the standard practice in academic debate — not weaponizing the media and law to stifle dissent.
South Korea must adhere to its agreements or lose international trust. It must recognize those parties out to destroy the foundations of Japan-Korea relations.
South Korea nominated Cho Tae-yul as foreign minister. He is a shrewd politician like Yoko Kamikawa and China wants to keep them from forging a strong...
South Korea's Supreme Court tells a lower court to acquit Park Yuha over her comfort women book. In another ruling, it orders the return of stolen...
Veteran journalist Kim Young-sam talks about the Yoon Suk-yeol Liberation Day speech and why it's important for South Korea to get its history straight.
After years of challenges, here are some suggestions for the Camp David Summit to lock in across-the-board benefits of better Japan-US-South Korean cooperation.
What is really behind the frenzy stirred up by South Korean opposition politicians, comfort women groups and media who are loudly protesting the Fukushima plan?
NHK is not proactively correcting South Korea for passing off its film footage as that of wartime labor, even if it was taken 10 years after...
"The best solution to resolving historical disputes is by promoting the facts" — Hwang Uiwon, editor-in-chief of MediaWatch, at the wartime labor history forum.
An estimated 20,000 Koreans lived in Hiroshima and were victims of the A-bombing. This is the story of the cenotaph erected for them inside Peace Memorial...
"Testimonials" by second-generation witnesses are hearsay, not evidence, and should not be permitted to impede UNESCO listing of the Sado gold mines.