North Korea, China want to undo the Japan-South Korea Alliance that the US helped broker
By James K. Glassman Published August 08, 2016 FoxNews.com
Benjamin Hall reports from London
(前略)
“In December, the United States played a key role in helping South Korea and Japan forge an agreement to end a dispute involving so-called “comfort women” that had been festering for decades. The Japanese government agreed to compensate Korean women who were used for sex by Japanese troops, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed an apology.”
“The agreement had far broader implications. It was a major step in ending the animosity between the two countries that had seriously infected economic and security relations. Between 2012 and 2014, for example, Japan-South Korea trade fell 17 percent, and tourism dropped sharply.”
(以下略)
James K. Glassman served as U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (2008-09).