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South Korea will stage a large-scale military parade in central Seoul later this month for the first time in a decade, featuring tanks, fighter jets and other advanced assets, to mark the 75th anniversary of Armed Forces Day, defense officials said Wednesday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol extended another olive branch to mend relations between South Korea and Japan, saying Tokyo has “transformed from a militaristic aggressor into a partner” during his March 1 Independence Movement Day speech, Wednesday. “Now, more than a century after the March 1 Independence Movement, Japan has transformed from a militaristic aggressor of the past into a partner that shares universal values with us,” Yoon said during a ceremony to commemorate the peaceful protest that took place in 1919 to resist Japan s colonial rule.
North Korea s motives behind its test launches of missiles four times in the week since Sept. 25 are complicated, said Unification Minister Kwon Young-se, adding that taming South Korea s newly inaugurated Yoon Suk-yeol government is one of the goals of the reclusive nation.