Actually Koreans consider themselves having surpassed Japan.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/politics/yoon-forced-labor-plan-crucial-for-better-ties-with-japan

Adomestic survey found that North Koreans are most opposed to the regime when their new found economic freedoms are jeopardized.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/the-subversive-influence-of-women-in-north-korea/

A few months later, Koreans were shocked to learn about what became known as the “,” during which hundreds of perpetrators – mostly men – committed digital sex crimes on dozens of women and minors.

Source: https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/05/why-so-many-south-korean-women-are-refusing-to-date-marry-or-have-kids/

Alongside rising tensions between their governments, ethnic Koreans living in Japan face daily discrimination and bullying.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/japan-marks-100th-anniversary-of-the-1923-kanto-massacre/

And a by Gallup Korea found that 31 percent of South Koreans had at least some interest in the Korea Baseball Organization, similar to the 33 percent who told Nielsen they were interested in MLB.

Source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/world-baseball-classic-fans/

A semi-government fund set up by Tokyo offered compensation to former тАЬcomfort womenтАЭ when the government apologised in 1995, but many South Koreans believe the Japanese government should take more direct responsibility for the occupation.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/finance-ministers-of-japan-south-korea-resume-currency-swap-agreement-8692536/

Dozens of South Koreans and Ukrainian expatriates gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Seoul.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/02/wrecked-russian-tank-skull-and-silence-mark-war-anniversary/

For South Koreans, it’s all but impossible due to restrictions on meeting and doing business with anyone from their country’s communist rival without government approval.

Source: https://www.nknews.org/2023/04/the-strange-tale-of-a-north-korea-tour-agency-founded-by-a-dead-south-korean-man/

It is no wonder that it is still in the national consciousness of Koreans (and Chinese, Filipinos, Taiwanese, the Dutch,.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/pop-culture-portrayals-of-japanese-and-korean-heroes-make-for-interesting-contrast

It was only later that I learned how Koreans value good food and about the importance they place on sharing and bonding over meals.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/14/new-friendship-in-my-50s-taught-me-that-its-never-too-late-to-make-close-friend

It worked perfectly as the Koreans grabbed a 11-5 lead.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/all-england-championships-treesa-gayatri-sign-off-at-semifinal-stage/article66636500.ece

Koreans are still worried about the economic implications of bad relations with China, and there is still skepticism toward U.S. motives.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/yoon-and-kishida-are-fumbling-south-korea-japan-rapprochement/

Like the CX-8, the Koreans make for compelling options, and the Santa Fe is in runout mode too, ahead of a bold new model arriving in 2024.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/motoring/2024-mazda-cx-8-review-c-13071071

Most South Koreans seem indifferent to the controversy over the statues and generally support the presence of 28,500 American troops in their country.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/world/asia/korean-war-truman-statue-armistice.html

North Koreans bracing for the arrival of tropical storm Khanun have been told their "foremost focus" should be on "ensuring the safety" of the propaganda portraits of the ruling Kim dynasty.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1801152/north-korea-kim-jong-un-portrait-storm-Khanun

Ordinary North Koreans themselves may remain bottled in but for the country’s elite it’s a different story.

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/10560283/man-utd-superfan-kim-jong-un-fa-cup/

South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld decisions by lower courts ordering two Japanese firms, Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, to pay damages to South Koreans for wartime labor.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/21/japan/crime-legal/south-korea-japan-wartime-labor-ruling/

South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, based the 450-page report on testimony collected from 2017 to 2022 from more than 500 North Koreans who fled from their homeland.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/30/north-korea-executes-people-over-videos-drugs-and-religion-report/

The Chinese Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday announced the suspension of its short-term visa service for South Koreans in retaliation against the country’s regulations travellers from the neighbouring country in the wake of the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/china-halts-travel-visa-service-for-s-koreans-in-protest-of-covid-curbs/

The Koreans, who had suffered from Japanese aggression longer than any other people, had no judge at all.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/23/judgment-at-tokyo-world-war-ii-on-trial-and-the-making-of-modern-asia-gary-j-bass-book-review