Democratic Party Gwangju Branch "Is the Yoon Seok-yeol Government Even Watching Japan's Mood for Medal Awards?"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Metropolitan City Party of the Democratic Party of Korea strongly criticized the Yoon Suk-yeol administration for withholding the award of the medal to Yang Geum-deok, a victim of forced mobilization as a female labor conscript during the Japanese colonial period.

On the 9th, the Democratic Party's Gwangju City Party issued a statement saying, "If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not provide a clear response and a reasonable explanation, it can only be regarded as obstructing the awarding of medals to our citizens out of consideration for Japan," and criticized it as "truly a humiliating diplomacy season 2."

The city party stated, "Grandmother Yang Geum-deok was scheduled to receive the ‘2022 Korea Human Rights Award,’ which corresponds to the National Medal of Moran for her contributions to the restoration of rights for victims of Japanese colonial rule over the 30 years since she began a lawsuit against the Japanese government in 1992," adding, "However, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs withheld it for the hard-to-understand reason that ‘prior consultation between ministries is necessary.’"

It continued, "It is unprecedented for another institution to interfere and dictate to the National Human Rights Commission, the practical agency responsible for the review and recommendation of medal recipients," emphasizing, "We hope they consider the pain of Grandmother Yang, who has fought alone and desperately against Japan for the restoration of our citizens' damages throughout her life."

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