China overtakes Japan in South Koreans' worst countries list

SEOUL: The row between Seoul and Beijing over the deployment of a US missile defence system has seen China overtake even former coloniser Japan in the ranking of South Koreans' least favoured countries, a survey shows, reports AFP.Japan has consistently been Southerners' most disliked country after North Korea, mainly due to disputes over Tokyo's wartime atrocities including the use of up to 200,000 Korean women as sexual slaves for Japanese troops. But now South Korea and the US have begun deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense  system to guard against missile threats from the nuclear-armed North, infuriating China, which sees it as compromising its own capabilities.Beijing launched a series of measure against the South seen as economic retaliation, forcing dozens of South Korean retail stores in China to shut their doors and banning Chinese tour groups from visiting.

 

China overtakes Japan in South Koreans worst countries list

SEOUL: The row between Seoul and Beijing over the deployment of a US missile defence system has seen China overtake even former coloniser Japan in the ranking of South Koreans least favoured countries, a survey shows, reports AFP.Japan has consistently been Southerners most disliked country after North Korea, mainly due to disputes over Tokyos wartime atrocities including the use of up to 200,000 Korean women as sexual slaves for Japanese troops. But now South Korea and the US have begun deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system to guard against missile threats from the nuclear-armed North, infuriating China, which sees it as compromising its own capabilities.Beijing launched a series of measure against the South seen as economic retaliation, forcing dozens of South Korean retail stores in China to shut their doors and banning Chinese tour groups from visiting.