Walking around the street these days, you can easily find the phrase "No JAPAN" in the posters. It is attached to the subway station and the outer walls of buildings. A few months ago, Korean people chose boycott as a countermeasure to Japan's economic retaliation. So far, countless people are participating in the boycott, and I have also participated. However, now I don't think boycotts will help solve these problems any more. It's time to find a new way.
For one thing, boycotts do harm more than good to so many people. It is the Japanese government and some companies that we should be angry with, but they are not the ones who are affected by the current boycott in South Korea. Most of them are ordinary people who are running businesses. In Korea, companies that are even slightly related to Japan are often closed by the boycott. Can this be justified? Even though Japanese government was wrong, If you let innocent people suffer just because they were related to Japan, I think this is a problem. We need to think about exactly where we should be angry. The boycott may have a slight impact to the real targets, but the damage suffered by innocent people is thought to be severe compared to the impact it gives. We will have to solve this problem in a way that can directly affect Japanese government.
We also believe that the problem will not be solved if we pay back the economic retaliation. We should rather publicize the unfairness of this economic retaliation and find a way to resolve it. If we try to fight it economically, we are only making things worse. What we need to do is address this through international organizations like the WTO. Of course, it may not be easy to resolve because our country's position is smaller than that of Japan, but it may be the fastest way to do so. We don't know when the current economic war will end. It could last several years, or there could be no more trade at all. Who knows? If this really happens, the Korea's economy will collapse. This is because the business that relies on materials imported from Japan is very large (Samsung). But if a group like the WTO orders Japan to acknowledge and cancel its actions, the problem can be solved easily and quickly. Therefore, I think what we need to focus on now is not a boycott, but rather an announcement of the situation to the international.
For one thing, boycotts do harm more than good to so many people. It is the Japanese government and some companies that we should be angry with, but they are not the ones who are affected by the current boycott in South Korea. Most of them are ordinary people who are running businesses. In Korea, companies that are even slightly related to Japan are often closed by the boycott. Can this be justified? Even though Japanese government was wrong, If you let innocent people suffer just because they were related to Japan, I think this is a problem. We need to think about exactly where we should be angry. The boycott may have a slight impact to the real targets, but the damage suffered by innocent people is thought to be severe compared to the impact it gives. We will have to solve this problem in a way that can directly affect Japanese government.
We also believe that the problem will not be solved if we pay back the economic retaliation. We should rather publicize the unfairness of this economic retaliation and find a way to resolve it. If we try to fight it economically, we are only making things worse. What we need to do is address this through international organizations like the WTO. Of course, it may not be easy to resolve because our country's position is smaller than that of Japan, but it may be the fastest way to do so. We don't know when the current economic war will end. It could last several years, or there could be no more trade at all. Who knows? If this really happens, the Korea's economy will collapse. This is because the business that relies on materials imported from Japan is very large (Samsung). But if a group like the WTO orders Japan to acknowledge and cancel its actions, the problem can be solved easily and quickly. Therefore, I think what we need to focus on now is not a boycott, but rather an announcement of the situation to the international.
Good points. Very balanced.
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