Thu, Jun 06, 2002 - Page 15 News List

Tournament won't mend ties between hosts

UNHAPPY RELATIONSHIP Japan's occupation of the Korean Peninsula last century has left South Koreans with a bitter taste that will take more than soccer games to dispel

By Jules Quartly  /  STAFF REPORTER , IN BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA

"I meet quite a lot of Japanese in our shop and it seems to me the younger ones have a better understanding of what went on in our history. This World Cup will help us make a new relationship through the game of soccer."

Though unlikely, a meeting between Japan and South Korea in a World Cup eliminator would be intriguing for the nationalistic feelings it would inevitably raise.

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