[Speaking Out] Anti-Japan Tribalism Undermines Tokyo-Seoul Relations

Speaking Out with JAPAN Forward by JAPAN Forward

Dec 6, 20193:10Government & Organizations

Recently I had a talk with former Seoul University professor of economics Lee Yong Hoon, who authored the book Anti-Japan Tribalism. The book became a bestseller in Japan as well as in South Korea. What Lee calls anti-Ja...

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