Japanese ambassador called in over his deputy s rude remarks
Posted : 2021-07-17 13:30 Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun, right, with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Aiboshi / Yonhap
Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun called in Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Aiboshi, Saturday, to protest his deputy s undiplomatic, rude remarks disparaging President Moon Jae-in s efforts to improve ties between Seoul and Tokyo, according to the foreign ministry.
The cable TV broadcaster, JTBC, reported Friday that Hirohisa Soma, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy, made sexually indecent comments during a lunch with its reporter, saying Moon was in a tug of war only with himself as Tokyo has little room to pay attention to pending issues between the two countries.