Ruling, opposition parties express regret over Japanese officials' Yasukuni Shrine visits

On August 15 in Seoul, South Korean lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties expressed regret over recent visits by Japanese officials to the Yasukuni Shrine.

The Yasukuni Shrine honors Japan's war dead, including convicted Class-A war criminals, making visits by Japanese figures a persistent point of diplomatic friction with neighboring countries like South Korea that suffered under Japanese imperialism.