Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

South Korean president's anti-communist taunts are opening up deep divisions as country ponders alliance with Japan and US

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par Kevin Gray, Professor in International Relations, University of Sussex

Recent heated debate in South Korea about how its colonial-era independence movement should be remembered has exposed the deep faultlines that run through the country’s politics, between the conservative and liberal-progressive camps.

At the end of August, the Korean Military Academy announced its intention to relocate the statue of independence activist General Hong Beom-do from its front lawn, along with that of four other independence activists. In addition, South Korea’s defence minister, Lee Jong-sup,…

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