#Liberation Day
4 articles tagged Liberation Day. At twelve articles this topic starts lifting the whole site in search.
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Korea's Liberation Day address: Lee proposes ending the old war
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Japan's defence minister visits Yasukuni on August 15, 2026
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What Yasukuni Shrine is — and the year 14 war criminals entered it
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Korea's substitute holiday is Monday August 17, 2026 — Liberation Day fell on a Saturday
All articles
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Issues · 3 min readKorea's Liberation Day address: Lee proposes ending the old war
To Pyongyang — 'Set down our mutual intent to threaten each other and begin discussions among the parties to end the old war.' The framing is converting the armistice into a peace regime
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World · 3 min readJapan's defence minister visits Yasukuni on August 15, 2026
The visit — Koizumi Shinjiro, defence minister, at about 7am; the first sitting defence minister at the shrine in two years. Okinawa and Northern Territories minister Kikawada Hitoshi also visited
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Issues · 4 min readWhat Yasukuni Shrine is — and the year 14 war criminals entered it
Scale — about 2,466,532 enshrined, including 21,181 Koreans. The shrine decides enshrinement unilaterally, without the consent of families
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Issues · 3 min readKorea's substitute holiday is Monday August 17, 2026 — Liberation Day fell on a Saturday
August 15 (Sat) Liberation Day → August 17 (Mon) substitute holiday; the break runs August 15–17