Kang calls for efforts to build future-oriented relations with Japan
Foreign affairsOct 1, 2018
South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha called Monday for joint efforts with Japan to build a future-oriented relationship based on the "humble" recognition of the neighbors' shared history.Kang made the call during a seminar marking the 20th anniversary of the landmark declaration in 1998 by then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and then-Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on building a new partnership beyond the countries' historical enmity."Facing history with a humble attitude and