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Japanese Korean dispute over maritime incident continues
South Korea says Japan showed no definitive proof of radar lock-on
JANUARY 15, 2019 14:02 JST
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- The South Korean Defense Ministry on Tuesday said Japan failed in talks the previous day to provide definitive evidence backing its claim that that a South Korean warship locked its radar on a Japanese plane.
Speaking at a news briefing, ministry spokeswoman Choi Hyun Soo also said that in Monday's talks, Japan demanded all the radar data of the destroyer as a condition for disclosing some information of its own in connection with the incident last month. She criticized the request as "extremely rude."
" (In the meeting,) Japan did not disclose the radar frequency data that it has about our warship, which is a smoking gun, and instead only asked for information from South Korea. Such a demand is extremely rude and unacceptable," Choi said.
Speaking at a news briefing, ministry spokeswoman Choi Hyun Soo also said that in Monday's talks, Japan demanded all the radar data of the destroyer as a condition for disclosing some information of its own in connection with the incident last month. She criticized the request as "extremely rude."
" (In the meeting,) Japan did not disclose the radar frequency data that it has about our warship, which is a smoking gun, and instead only asked for information from South Korea. Such a demand is extremely rude and unacceptable," Choi said.
More:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-Relations/South-Korea-says-Japan-showed-no-definitive-proof-of-radar-lock-on
No breakthrough in South Korea-Japan military talks in Singapore over radar spat
SEOUL - South Korea and Japan have failed to narrow their differences in a stand-off over whether a Korean warship had locked its targeting radar on a Japanese patrol plane last month, Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Tuesday (Jan 15), citing the country's defence ministry.
General-ranked representatives from the two sides met in Singapore on Monday (Jan 14) but could not resolve the dispute, according to the defence ministry. It was the first face-to-face contact between officials from the two nations over the Dec 20 incident, Yonhap said.
General-ranked representatives from the two sides met in Singapore on Monday (Jan 14) but could not resolve the dispute, according to the defence ministry. It was the first face-to-face contact between officials from the two nations over the Dec 20 incident, Yonhap said.
more:
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/no-breakthrough-in-south-korea-japan-military-talks-in-singapore-over-radar-spat
This dispute is representative of the underlying disputes between Japan and Korea including the forced labor disputes, the Japanese imposition of forced prostitution on Korean women during the WWII period, the putative settlement of those issues by prior conservative Korean administrations partial to Japan, and the territorial dispute over Dokto (islands) in the Sea of Japan/East Sea.
