I think LordAmeth has good point, and I wish koreans and japanese would come to terms that they are not that different.  the solution is either that koreans forgive japan for what happened or for japan to apologize and do what Germans did.  Neither is happening and frankly it'd make more sense for japanese to do their part first than the koreans. as far as authoritarian violent gov is concerned, don't be a naivete, japan has its own agenda, and so do all the other countries involved. it's korean necks that are on the line, and many of them smarter than all of us statistically speaking, feel that Japan is a bigger threat than n.korea, then i guess it is unless japan assuages korean sentiment which is pretty easy to do in practice.