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US-Japan Defense Accord Upsets Seoul

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Oct 12, 2013
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The front-page picture in Korean newspapers told the story of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. South Korea's President Park Geun Hye, looking frosty and gazing in the opposite direction, ignored Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe standing next to her at the Oct. 7 APEC in Bali.

The two leaders barely exchanged greetings, according to a Japan…

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