Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited South Korea on May 7th for a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. At the summit, Yoon told Kishida that "we must get rid of the thinking that 'we cannot promote future cooperation without clearing historical issues'." This statement was strongly criticized by South Korean netizens, and some people warned Yoon: "The nation that forgets the history has no future."

According to reports, Kishida told Yoon during the summit that he was pleased with the resumption of "shuttle diplomacy" between Japan and South Korea. Yoon is reported to say "In less than two months after (our) first summit in Tokyo, the improvement in South Korea-Japan relations has emerged obviously. I feel responsible for creating a better bilateral relationship than in previous eras."

Yoon also advocated that "we must get rid of the thinking that 'we cannot promote future cooperation without clearing historical issues'" and "look forward to Kishida's visit becoming a meaningful step in future cooperation between the two countries."

Yoon's remarks on historical issues have attracted the attention of Japanese and South Korean media. Japanese right-wing media Sankei Shimbun claimed that this statement represented "Yoon has drawn a line with the previous diplomacy that demanded Japan's apology for World War II, and reaffirmed his policy of advancing South Korea-Japan relations ".

On the other hand, the Hanyoreh published an article on its website on May 7th entitled "A Year without Diplomacy: selling 'history' to Kishida and 'peace' to Biden", accusing Yoon's government of "losing history and peace while having outdated ideas."

Yoon's latest remarks also sparked anger from South Korean netizens. Some netizens commented, "The problem is not about clearing historical issues but Yoon's nonsense under the background of Japan's various provocations of historical issues and the outbreak of textbook issues. Yoon is a traitor."

Other South Korean netizens even warned Yoon that, "Is Yoon conscious when he speaks? Please compare Germany and Japan with common sense."

韩国网友怒怼尹锡悦“不清算历史”表态

日本首相岸田文雄7日访韩与韩国总统尹锡悦会谈，尹锡悦在会上向岸田表示，“必须摆脱‘如果不清算历史就无法推进未来的合作’这种思维”。这一言论遭到韩国网友强烈抨击，有人警告尹锡悦：“忘记过去的民族没有未来”。

据报道，岸田在会谈中向尹锡悦表示，他对日韩重启“穿梭外交”感到高兴。尹锡悦则称，“（我与你）在东京的首脑会谈还没有过去超过两个月，韩日关系实质性的改善就如此呈现出来。我感到肩负着责任，去创造比以前双边关系良好时期更好的时代”。

尹锡悦还主张称，“必须摆脱‘如果不清算历史就无法推进未来的合作’这种思维”，“期待岸田访韩成为两国未来合作的有意义的一步”。

尹锡悦关于历史的言论引发日本与韩国媒体的关注。日本右翼媒体《产经新闻》声称，这代表了“尹锡悦与要求日方就二战道歉的外交方式划清界线，重申了其推进日韩关系的方针”。

另一方面，《韩民族日报》7日在网站上发布了题为《向岸田出卖“历史”，向拜登出卖“和平”，没有外交的一年》的文章，指责尹锡悦政府“失去的是历史与和平，得到的却是老旧的理念”。

尹锡悦的最新言论也引发韩国网友的愤怒。有网友评论称，“问题不在于清算历史，而是日本现在在进行各种历史挑衅，最近教科书问题也爆发了，尹锡悦今天也胡言乱语。真是卖国贼”。

有韩国网友警告尹锡悦，“总统这家伙说话时是神志清醒的吗？看看德国，再用常识比较一下日本吧”。