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Nationwide Meeting Speaker Woo Gained-shik has expressed deep remorse over the federal government agreeing to the UNESCO World Heritage registration of Japan’s Sado mines, calling the federal government’s transfer “very incorrect.”
Woo revealed the stance in a press release launched on Tuesday whereas urging the federal government to totally disclose the diplomatic negotiations it held with Japan on the problem.
He then mentioned the accountability to make clear suspicions surrounding Seoul’s dealing with of the registration course of lies with the Nationwide Meeting.
Woo mentioned if the federal government agreed to the registration of the mines as a part of measures to enhance Seoul-Tokyo ties, it has dedicated a grave error, saying points relating to historical past and human rights can’t be bargained with and are removed from growing future-oriented Seoul-Tokyo relations.
On controversy relating to the absence of the expression “pressured labor” in an exhibition of Japan’s Sado mines, Woo mentioned if Seoul agreed to the registration course of with out figuring out such reality, that will signify a failure of diplomatic negotiations. He mentioned that it could be an even bigger drawback if Seoul had been conscious of the omittance.
