{"id":2200389,"date":"2023-03-14T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T23:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2200389"},"modified":"2023-04-05T16:07:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:07:58","slug":"opposition-party-passes-resolution-urging-withdrawal-of-forced-labor-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/03\/opposition-party-passes-resolution-urging-withdrawal-of-forced-labor-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition party passes resolution urging withdrawal of forced labor deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Monday <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20230313006651315?section=news\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">passed a resolution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through the parliamentary foreign affairs committee urging the government to withdraw its decision to compensate wartime forced labor victims via donations from South Korean companies without participation from the Japanese government. Ruling People Power Party (PPP) lawmakers boycotted the committee meeting. They accused DP lawmakers of organizing the session without consultation to impede President Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s upcoming summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the presidential office <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20230306008300315\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Yoon chose to pursue the deal with the aim of moving toward a future-oriented relationship with Japan, the plan has come under heavy criticism from some victims, civic groups and opposition parties. Yang Geum-deok, a 94-year-old victim, who also attended the parliamentary meeting, said, \u201cI will never receive such money even if I starve to death.\u201d The DP denounced the decision as the worst diplomatic humiliation the country has ever seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Yoon Suk-yeol will likely ignore the resolution as he travels to Japan for the planned summit later this week. He also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20230313007000315?section=national\/diplomacy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">instructed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the government to look for new projects to help South Korea and Japan increase cooperation and build a future-oriented relationship. Recent polls also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/03\/yoons-support-stands-firm-despite-south-korean-opposition-to-forced-labor-deal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">indicate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that a solid conservative base that has consolidated around him prevents his approval numbers from going lower than the mid-30s. Yoon likely sees a free hand to pursue his vision for South Korea as long as the conservative base remains behind him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoon has not had much success pushing his preferred domestic policies due to the DP\u2019s majority control of the National Assembly. 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