Lee urges Tokyo to put apology into action

2010-08-11

President Lee Myung-bak called on Tokyo to act up to Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s apology Tuesday for Japan’s colonial rule of Korea.

Kan expressed “deep remorse and a heartfelt apology once again for the great damage and pain caused by Japan’s colonial rule” in a statement endorsed by the Japanese Cabinet, but did not mention the forced treaty that put Korea under Japan’s control a century ago.

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