In response to this statement, President Han's office retorted that according to Japanese practice, in this ceremony, each participant has to bow to the other's national flag, which means that there were two national flags at that time. However, the Japanese media chose a photo that can only see the angle of the Japanese flag, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it. This is to disgust Korea.
As the president of South Korea, Yin Xiyue bent over. It turns out that the so-called honesty of Koreans is just a joke. It is most appropriate to use a joke from a netizen as a footnote. I thought I was a descendant of the sun, but I didn't expect to be a descendant of Taijun.
In addition, the Japanese hospitality level Yin Xiyue only ranked fourth. According to the Korean media, the level of Japanese hospitality for Yin Xiyue ranks only fourth in the level of foreign affairs reception. We should know that the Japanese government receives foreign guests at the level of state guests, public guests, official working guests and working guests, while Yin Xiyue receives a fourth-level working guest, which is not even as good as that received by President Samsung when he went to Japan.
Let's look at the reception place again. Yin Xiyue said that he used to like Japanese food. Boy, this time, Japanese Prime Minister kishida fumio found Yin Xiyue the taste he remembered with egg-wrapped rice and wheat drinks in a street shop.
Why are Koreans so disgusted?
This is mainly due to historical hatred. During World War II, many Korean laborers were forced into the army and forced to work under inhuman conditions, and coolies became a deep resentment of Koreans. However, in this case, what Yin thought of was actually to let the Korean Foundation bring Japan for compensation. Yin Xiyue's gesture is government compensation, that is, Japanese compensation, and Japan admits its mistake.
Forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to become comfort women is a heinous crime against South Korea. In my words, "I didn't wear clothes" without even an apology. As the president of a country, you must visit and bow to the flag of your enemy. This is really "tolerable". Some Korean netizens asked: "Why are you so thick-skinned ... the president of a country has also abandoned self-esteem. Why on earth? "
Why is President Han so "humbly praying" for Japan's diplomacy?
The first reason is that South Korea is now very dependent on Japan.
A few years ago, the Korean economy did not do well, resulting in a large number of unemployment. Yin Xiyue's support rate is also very low now, hovering above 30% for a long time. Therefore, in order to improve the support rate, Yin Xiyue needs to develop the economy of South Korea, which involves improving relations with Japan.
South Korea's chip raw materials have also been blocked by Japan. In the past two years, South Korea has also been at home and abroad. South Korea has had a trade deficit for 12 months in a row. For ordinary people in Korea, their economy has also suffered major setbacks, and Korean goods are not easy to sell. South Korea's trade deficit is increasing and the domestic economic level is declining. Therefore, many people question Yin Xiyue's ability to govern the country, so South Korea wants to go further.
The second reason is geopolitical pressure.
At present, the military situation on the Korean peninsula is very tense, and the nuclear issue with North Korea cannot be resolved for a long time. North Korea also frequently tests missiles, making South Korea nervous all the time. On the other hand, the year-long war between Russia and Ukraine has greatly changed the international situation, although South Korea has maintained a certain independence on this issue. However, South Korea sold a lot of weapons to Ukraine. Now Russia hates South Korea, and it may be itchy.
Yin Xiyue believes that South Korea's security problems have risen sharply, and it is urgent to improve relations with the United States, strengthen cooperation with the United States to safeguard its own national security, and further strengthen the alliance between the United States, Japan and South Korea to further safeguard its own security. Therefore, Yin Xiyue should do everything possible to please Japan and the United States to ease Japan-ROK relations.
The third reason is that the United States supports South Korea to do so.
South Korea advocates serving the overall situation of the United States. The United States is now adjusting my energy to the need for Japan and South Korea as the bridgehead of the US military in the Asia-Pacific region. So there must be no infighting between the two younger brothers, otherwise it will be difficult for the two countries to cooperate with the United States to go abroad. Compared with Japan, the status of Korean younger brother is much lower. So American Big Brother only asks South Korea to bow to Japan.
What did humiliating diplomacy bring?
20 19 after the Korea-Japan trade war, Japan removed South Korea from the export white list and restricted the export of semiconductor raw materials to South Korea. However, although Japan agreed to lift the export restrictions on semiconductor raw materials, it did not promise to add South Korea back to the white list. Yin Xiyue's thankless operation is ultimately only to complete the homework assigned by the United States called reconciliation between Korea and Japan.
"Unexpected food" is not "food". Whether Yin Xiyue's behavior really improves Japan-ROK relations or lays a hidden danger for him in the future remains to be seen.