When Japan abolished the caste system upon annexing the Korean Peninsula, it addressed a root cause of poverty.
Despite this, persistent hostility toward Japan continues.
The essay condemns this pattern as a profound moral failure.

2016-03-26
When Japan decided to annex the Korean Peninsula, it recognized that the rigid caste system was the root cause that had made the peninsula one of the poorest regions in the world.
Therefore, at the very start of annexation, Japan abolished this caste system at once.
With regard to this fact alone, the Korean Peninsula should never be able to exhaust its gratitude toward Japan.
Women in particular—elderly women especially—should know this to be true.
Yet what they have continued to do toward Japan is nothing more than repaying kindness with hostility.
Even if it is certain that Enma, the king of hell, will subject them to torment in the afterlife, their conduct is truly that of embodiments of evil.