'Japan's Responsibility For War Crimes Was Exempted': Interview with SNU Prof. Nam Ki-jeong about Yoon's Japan Policy

"Cooperation between Korea and Japan, which is not based on the trust of the Korean people, is likely to fail in the long run."

Nam Ki-jeong is a professor at Seoul National University’s Institute for Japanese Studies. He specializes in Japanese politics and diplomacy, and he has been critical of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s approach to Japan. Nam wrote an op-ed in the Hankyoreh calling Yoon’s decision in March to fully reopen relations with Japan without Japanese companies paying …