Japan and South Korea A 100-year war of words IN SOUTH KOREA August 29th is a date of national humiliation. On that day 100 years ago, the nation fell under the cosh of Japanese colonisers whose coercive annexation treaty stated bluntly: “His Majesty the Emperor of Korea makes the complete and permanent cession to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan of all rights of sovereignty over the whole of Kore
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