Young South Koreans drive shift in attitudes to Japan as ties thaw

[By Hyonhee Shin, Minwoo Park and Heekyong Yang, Reuters] (전략) But officials say changing attitudes emboldened President Yoon Suk Yeol to risk political backlash with a March offer of compensation for such victims with funds from Korean corporates, rather than Japanese firms, as Seoul's courts had ordered. 

A January poll by Hankook Research showed Japan's likeability score among Koreans was the highest since 2018, with those aged 29 or younger the most favourable. 

China, which had scored nearly twice the levels of Japan in 2019, rated among the lowest, alongside Russia and North Korea. (후략)

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