“North Korea has said that its nuclear programs are negotiable, but only if the United States formally undertakes not to attack North Korea.”
“The US national security adviser said 'be prepared for military action against North Korea”. “North Korea poses a grave threat to the United States, our great allies in the region, South Korea and Japan... but also to China and others. And so it's important, I think, for all of us to confront this regime,”.
“North Korea demonstrated its ability to strike Japan in early March, when it fired four extended-range scuds into the Sea of Japan…Post-war animosity, as well as the alliance with the U.S., make Japan a prime target.”
“The Japanese government released a guide this week detailing how citizens
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“that conflict might break out ‘at any moment’.”
“UN Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's latest missile test and threatened to impose new sanctions against Pyongyang for its ‘highly destabilizing behavior’.”
“Moon also said North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities seemed to have advanced rapidly recently but that South Korea was ready and capable of striking back in the event of an attack.”
“According to an investigation by the South Korean government, 75,311 cultural assets were taken from Korea.”
“As the labor shortage increased, by 1942 the Japanese authorities extended the provisions of the National Mobilization Law to include the conscription of Korean workers for factories and mines on the Korean peninsula, Manchukuo, and the involuntary relocation of workers to Japan itself as needed.”
“Japan had begun to build large-scale industries in Korea in the 1930s as part of the empire-wide program of economic self-sufficiency and war preparation.”
“…the expansion of commerce, and forms of mass culture such as radio and cinema, which became widespread for the first time.”
“the United Nations General Assembly accepted the report of UNTCOK and declared the Republic of Korea to be the only lawful government in