13 points
The Japanese did some pretty radical things during the occupation. It’s interesting to see the ripple effects of these policies so far into the future.
18 points
It’s more like a wound that never healed than just ripples - early South Korean leaders were people who had formerly collaborated with the Japanese, and it showed in the way they treated their people. It’s only relatively recently that South Korea became what anyone would call a liberal democracy.
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Are they afraid of reparations or something? I don’t understand. Like, Canada apologized to the native americans and it wasn’t an expensive or embarassing process. I won’t say native folks were made whole from the process, but it was a formal acknowledgement. Any idea what the resistance is?
