Opinion

US key to healing rift between Japan and South Korea

A new president in Washington offers the best hope for a change in long-frozen relations between two Asian economic powerhouses.

Daniel Sneider

Jul 11, 2021 – 5.54pm

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The dysfunctionality of Japan-South Korea relations led many to despair about whether the two north-east Asian neighbours can ever get along.

Efforts by US officials to create trilateral opportunities on security, climate or cyber security have largely foundered.

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