[Global Network Reporter Qi Yue] According to Yonhap News Agency, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party, once again criticized the South Korean government's announcement of the compensation plan for victims of Korean labor forced by Japan during World War II, saying that the solution may lead to "Japanese self-defense forces." into the Korean peninsula".
Yonhap News Agency reported that Li Zaiming said at a rally against the compensation plan in downtown Seoul on the same day that "the military boots of the (Japanese) Self-Defense Forces may once again use the South Korea-US-Japan joint military exercise as an excuse to humiliate the Korean peninsula."
He also said, "After the implementation of the humiliating compensation plan, what awaits us is the South Korea-Japan military support agreement and the South Korea-US-Japan joint military alliance."
In addition, the report mentioned that Li Zaiming also criticized South Korean President Yin Xiyue, saying that his decision once again tore the scars of the victims and trampled on the dignity of South Korean citizens.
Regarding Yoon Seok-yue's visit to Japan next week, Lee Jae-myung commented that Japan has not made any concessions on all issues in South Korea-Japan relations except for inviting the South Korean president to visit Japan.
On March 6, local time, the South Korean government announced a plan to compensate South Korean laborers who were forcibly recruited by Japan during World War II in the form of third-party compensation, which sparked criticism from South Korean opposition parties.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, Lee Jae-ming, criticized the Yoon Xiyue government for "finally choosing the path of betraying historical justice." He condemned this decision as "the biggest shame and stain in (South Korea) diplomatic history."
Yonhap News Agency mentioned that some analysts believe that if the South Korean government forcibly advances the third-party compensation plan, South Korea may become a victim of the revival of Japanese militarism and repeat the mistakes of Japanese colonial rule from 1910 to 1945.