Washington Risks Alienating Korea

As a pivot in the trilateral alliance with Korea and Japan, the U.S. was expected to take a neutral position on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's lack of unelaborated remorse about the victims of its imperial rule on the 70th anniversary of its surrender at the end of World War II.

Instead, it issued a welcoming statement by Ned Price, spokesman of the National Security Council (NSC), an integral part of the White House. In a four-sentence statement, Price welcomed "deep remorse" by Abe for the suffering caused by its imperial ancestors; valued Abe's promise to promote international peace and called Japan a "model" for other countries to follow.

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