The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on the 14th that "The day before, Song Tae-yoon, the policy chief of the South Korean presidential office, said, 'With the Korean people,
"We will prioritize the interests of the companies and respect Naver's position to the greatest extent possible," the report said, calling it the "first official statement from the Presidential Office regarding LINE, Yahoo, and Naver."
The Tokyo Shimbun newspaper reported, "The Korean media have been reporting critically about the LINE/Yahoo issue, and there is a growing feeling that services made by Korean companies are being "stolen" by Japan.
The Tokyo Shimbun also reported on a related development in which the South Korean government of President Yoon Seok-youl has been criticized for its passive response.
The Tokyo Shimbun reported that Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung posted a message on Facebook to Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Takeaki Matsumoto, who issued administrative guidance to Yahoo!
, a descendant of Hirobumi Ito, the first Resident-General of Korea, criticized the incident and claimed it was an "invasion of the Republic of Korea's cyber territory, LINE." Meanwhile, Cho Kuk, head of the Fatherland Reform Party, said he was a LINE user.
The Mainichi Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun, and Yomiuri Shimbun also reported that Cho and other major politicians had visited Takeshima (Dokdo, Korean name) the previous day to protest against the North Korean issue.
While reporting that Kwon visited Takeshima and strongly criticized the Yoon Seok-youl administration, they all agreed that anti-Japanese sentiment in South Korea is growing.
The Mainichi Shimbun reported that "In South Korea, the majority of people believe that the LINE issue is unrelated to security issues and capital.
The Sankei Shimbun reported, "The news has come out that the Japanese government has exerted pressure in relation to the Yahoo! Line issue, and public opinion in South Korea is reacting strongly against it."
Meanwhile, at a press conference the previous day, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi stated that regarding Cho's visit to Takeshima, "Takeshima is clearly a Japanese inherent territory in light of historical facts and international law."
"We will respond resolutely with our determination to resolutely defend our territory, territorial waters and airspace," he said.
2024/05/14 21:33 KST
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