South Korean newspaper: Japan is not “ethically advanced”
In an article posted on the Chosun Ilbo’s website this morning, the South Korean newspaper asked the question “How Ethically Advanced Is Japan?” This is their answer:
While continuing to ignore the pains and calls for an apology by fellow Asians who suffered, Japan has trembled with fear every time the United States, Canada, Germany or other Western nation began criticizing it. Japan may be an economic powerhouse. But when it comes to a sense of morality and ethics, Japan is probably one of the world’s poorest nations.
Ah yes, if you disagree with the way the Japanese government interprets historical events, the entire nation must be morally and ethically “poor.” What fine journalism. Strangely, their Japanese language site’s translation of the final line in the article lacks the anti-Japanese punch of the English version, as Neverland points out:
しかし成熟度や精神年齢の面では、それに見合った発達を遂げることはできなかったようだ。
However it seems as though [Japan’s] development in terms of morals and ethics could not match [it’s economic development].
I have been unable to find any English language articles on the Chosun Ilbo site about the South Korean government’s refusal to step in and save a group of North Korean refugees who have been captured in Thailand and Laos. Since the South Korean embassy is not trying to claim the refugees, they will likely be sent back to North Korea, where they will face certain torture and imprisonment (or execution). One Free Korea has information on people you can write to and complain about this situation. Maybe somebody should also write to the Chosun Ilbo and tell them to stop wasting their time with petty editorials in which they bash the morality of the entire Japanese nation, and instead spread the word about this outrage in Southeast Asia.
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Interesting story. Par for the course recently, it seems.
That said, the funniest part of that Korean editorial are the Google ads at the bottom of that page: ads for teaching in Japan and finding jobs in Japan, the terribly ethically poor nation that it is.
It shouldn’t be a news at all for South Korea that Japan is not ethically advanced, whey do they keep telling that?
if ever there was a better case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Korea == Rosie O’Donnel
Japan == Donald Trump
not saying exactly that Korea is a fat lesbian with an inferiority complex.
Koreans seem to have a HUGE inferiority complex.
Maybe Korean do have inferority complex.
But if you are representing typical Japanese, then I am confident that Japanese seem to have the same inferority complex as Korean…
Koreans have a blind spot about the size of Dokdo/ Takeshima when it comes to Japan. It’s usually best to roll your eyes at the editorials in the papers here and go look at the photos of the latest starlets.
I’m glad to know that *somebody* “trembles in fear” at Canada. I command you: Do my bidding!
Hmm aren’t you doing the same with the newspaper though? On the account of one newspaper, you’re calling all of them hypocrites. I just love how people jump on this and insult a whole nation of millions of people. You really think all koreans are like the people who write that newspaper? What is this article you write about for? to stir up the ultra nationalistic Japanese? comon. At least stand on higher ground.
When did I say anything about the entire nation of South Korea? I merely mentioned the fact that this particular newspaper, which is so quick to condemn the entire Japanese nation’s morals and ethics because of an argument over historical apologies, is failing to cover the far more important and current issue of the South Korean government’s failure to save these refugees. I can’t find anything in my post that condemns the entire nation of South Korea.
When it comes to Japan government doing its own histroy, there may be nothing that seem unreasonable opinion to non-Japanese. Unfortunately, it seem to me, what Japan government are doing for its dark side of history is like that the government are raping its own people… Just condemn your government stop doing stupid and childish things instead of wasting time criticizing another stupid Korean news paper. All know Abe saying or doing stupid things to please some generations that are old but think like a kid when it comes to international matter among other Asians.
It is time to put a period with a big thinking. Nobody will look down to J government or Japanese. But all respect their courage. I saw one article somewhere that every year Japanese Navy academy sends students to show a great respect to a Korean navy admiral who died 500 years ago. This is what others show a respect to Japanese, who respects even its enemy.
I believe those comfort women deserved some respect from younger generation of Japanese. And I hope J government do the right thing.
Before reading the article, I already know what it’s about since it is coming from Korea (and many other times, China).
I guess you believe that Korean and Chinese can not say things nice about Japanese.
Why?
Because most of their citizens have been “brainwashed” by their goverment (though the Chinese have been affected more) already.
Ah, so the BBC and the United Nations must be horribly racist as well? Yeah, they’re real “petty.” Truth be told, the state of human rights in Japan is horrible, whether for its own citizens or for ethnic minorities, and is well documented by many impartial sources.
The BBC and United Nations make reports about Human Rights issues in Japan. They do write that the Japanese people as a whole are lacking in morality.
Also, the problems mentioned by the UN report on Japan are the same, if not worse, in South Korea (no law against racial discrimination, poor legal rights for foreigners, etc:
http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/2007/11/legal-rights-fo.html
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA250072006