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It was the 20th anniversary of the late Soo-Hyun Lee, a Korean international student who died while trying to save a Japanese at Tokyo subway station in Japan in 2001.
Today (26th), commemorative events were held in Tokyo and Busan, but unlike the wishes of the deceased, the relationship between Korea and Japan is only cold.
This is Tokyo's correspondent Yoo Seong-jae.
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is Shin-Okubo, the largest Korean shopping street in Tokyo.
The place I can see behind me is the train station where Lee Soo-hyun, an international student, died today 20 years ago.
An unfortunate accident where he was hit by a train while trying to save a Japanese man who fell on the track after being drunk.
On the stairs of the station, white flowers were placed in memory of the noble sacrifices 20 years ago, and on the platform, memorials from both Korea and Japan were silent.
The memorial service was held in the middle of Tokyo and in Busan, where the deceased was asleep.
[Arai/President of the language school where the deceased attended: (memory) continued for 20 years without disappearing, the legacy he left behind is that much.]
[Shin Yun-chan/late Lee Soo-hyun's mother: Now, rather than my own son, ( Korea-Japan) I think they are the sons of both countries.]
However, there is still a cold chill in Korea-Japan relations.
According to a poll last year, 84% of Japanese said the relationship between Korea and Japan was bad.
[Okuzono/Shizuoka Prefectural University Professor: I think it is important that (the two countries) strategically connect with each other from what they can do, like corona cooperation.] The
Asahi Shimbun, a leading Japanese newspaper, still dreams of becoming a bridge between Korea and Japan
.
It is said that it is continuing, and in the 20th anniversary of the late Lee Soo-hyun, it has also greatly highlighted the exchanges between Korea and Japan.
(Video coverage: Han Cheol-min, Video editing: Kim Jong-tae)