Conservative media in Japan labeled the banquet “anti-Japanese” for featuring shrimp from near Dokdo – a rocky outcrop known in Japan as Takeshima. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The dinner in Seoul featured a prawn (top right) that the South Korean president’s office said was caught near a disputed island claimed both by the South and Japan. Photographs from the dinner, held at the presidential Blue House, show Trump embracing the 88-year-old Lee after her name was announced at the banquet, according to South Korean media. The 2015 deal has come under strain in recent months, however, over the installation of statues symbolising former sex slaves in South Korea and overseas. South Korea’s liberal president, Moon Jae-in, has ordered a review of the agreement, saying it does not reflect the wishes of the majority of the South Korean people.

Source: The Guardian November 10, 2017 04:07 UTC