Quote of the Week

Kurt Campbell, the new Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, actually stated it in an academic paper some time ago, but still ….

The report urges Seoul and Washington to keep publicizing the importance of their bilateral relations at home. Historical issues are dogging Korean-Japanese relationship, it notes, and urges Japan to stop provoking Korea but adding that Korea’s excessive response allows the issues to remain burning. It warns that Seoul’s noisy protests over the Dokdo islets, an area it already controls, could mar its international credibility. [Chosun Ilbo]

Well, someone needs to tell them how this makes them look.