If you look at the context of Cho Jung-hee's writing, it turns out that this CNN

"If you look at the context of Cho Jung-hee's writing, it turns out that this CNN report has a significant meaning."

In particular, the fact that major U.S. media quoted the South Korean president's remarks and clearly explained Japan's sexual slavery of the military as "which happened during the colonial period of 1910-1945" has the effect of making the issue that the Japanese government has long denied an international fact.

This can be an opportunity to re-impact Japan's past responsibilities in global public opinion, beyond just the old conflict between Korea and Japan.

Another interesting point is that CNN reported the war massacre, Holocaust, and military sexual slavery in the same category, citing President Lee Jae-myung's expression that "there is no difference."

This means that beyond just delivering remarks, the U.S. media understood the context and even provided readers with a historical background.

This is why the Japanese government and the media are silent. This is because the moment you try to refute, the controversy over past war criminals can spread further internationally.

As you said, Germany has acknowledged the past and repeatedly apologized and compensated, but Japan is still consistent with denial and silence. This CNN report can have the effect of revealing the contrast more clearly.

At the same time, it will be difficult for the United States to avoid criticism that it is double-handed as the past, which excluded Hirohito from the conviction of war criminals, overlaps with the current attitude of defending Israel.

In the end, one SNS posting has rekindled the historical debate through the international media and put a political burden on Japan, Israel, and the United States.

What's interesting is what kind of subsequent discourse this impact will generate in the international community in the future. For example, there is a possibility that Japan's war criminal responsibility issue and the US's past decisions will be reevaluated.