Talk:South Korea-United States relations

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I removed a recently-added section (below) about Seung-Hui Cho and the Virginia Tech massacre from South Korea-United States relations because it is not relevant to the "Historical background" section of the article. As well, the event has had little impact--as of early May, 2007--on ROK-USA relations. Americans, including Korean-Americans, have typically viewed Seung-Hui Cho as an individual who acted on his own accord (see National Association of Korean Americans). Seung-Hui Cho's actions were not carried out on behalf of the South Korean government or South Korean people. Many Korean-Americans said they did not feel responsible for Seung-Hui Cho's actions--especially after Tae-Shik Lee, the South Korean ambassador to the USA, publically spoke about his personal feeling of "agony" and his "apology" on behalf of South Korea and all Koreans for Seung-Hui Cho's actions (see this Washington Post article and this bilingual Korean-English article from Naver News in South Korea).

Johngoranson 08:32, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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On April 16, 2007, a South Korean gunman kills 32 people in the Virginia Tech massacre in Virginia, United States. Although South Korea is extremely upset over the fact that the shootings have been carried out by a Korean, President Roh Mu-hyun has said that he feels sorry for the shooting.

The shootings are not expected to strain relations of South Korea and the US but there have been worries that there might be revengeful acts carried out against Korean communities in the US.