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I-Japan ne-South Korea bathatha izinyathelo ezibalulekile zokuthuthukisa ubudlelwano obulandela izingxabano ezingokomlando kanye nokwakha kabusha ubudlelwano bokuphepha nezomnotho bezizwe zabo.
NgoLwesine, uNdunankulu waseJapan uFumio Kishida kanye noMongameli waseNingizimu Korea u-Yoon Suk Yeol bahlangane eTokyo ngoLwesine, njengoba iNorth Korea yethula umcibisholo kanti imikhumbi yaseJapan neyaseShayina yatholana phezulu emanzini.
Amahora ngaphambi kwengqungquthela eyayilindelwe ngabomvu ngalolo suku, zombili lezi zizwe zafinyelela esivumelwaneni sokubuyisela izixhumanisi zezohwebo futhi zavumelana ukuxazulula ingxabano yohwebo osekunesikhathi eside. UNgqongqoshe Wezohwebo eSouth Korea u-Lee Chang-yang uthe iJapan ivumile ukwenyusa izilawuli zokuthumela ngaphandle eSouth Korea kulandela izingxoxo zaleli sonto nokuthi iSouth Korea izohoxisa izikhalazo zayo zeWorld Trade Organisation mayelana nemigwaqo yaseJapan.
Ukuqala isahluko esisha kubudlelwano bamazwe ngamazwe
I-Japan kanye ne-South Korea inomlando omude obuhlungu wezingxabano mayelana ne-1910 yase-Japanese colonization eNhlonhlweni YaseKorea kanye nonya olwenziwa amasosha aseJapane phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, okuhlanganisa ukuphoqelela abesifazane baseKorea ukuba bathengise ngomzimba ‘njengabesifazane abaduduzayo’ embuthweni wamasosha. Kubuye kube nokungezwani kwezindawo ngeqoqo leziqhingi.
Ubudlelwano bafinyelela ezingeni eliphansi lapho iNkantolo Ephakeme yaseNingizimu Korea iyala izinkampani zase-Japan ukuthi zikhokhe isinxephezelo kwabasindile base-Korea ngo-2018, futhi i-Japan yafaka unswinyo lwezohwebo eSouth Korea ngemva nje kwalokho.
Lawa mazwe womabili manje afuna ukwakha ubuhlobo obumbene nomfelandawonye wawo, i-US, eqhutshwa ukukhathazeka okwabiwe ngeNorth Korea kanye neChina ekhula ngamandla.
UMnyango Wezohwebo waseNingizimu Korea uthe amazwe azoqhubeka nokuxoxa ngokubuyisela omunye komunye esimweni sokuhweba esincanyelwayo, ngemuva kokwehliswana ngo-2019.
Ezinye izingqinamba ezibalulekile engqungqutheleni yokuqala yala mazwe amabili eJapan kusukela ngo-2011 ukuthi uKishida uzosabela kanjani ezivumelwaneni zikaYoon zesinxephezelo sokusebenza ngempoqo, nokuthi la mazwe womabili azoqala nini futhi nini izingxoxo zokuvikela kanye nokuvakasha kwabaholi okuvamile.
I-North Korea ne-China, izimbangela ezifanayo zokukhathazeka
Imithombo yezindaba yaseNyakatho Korea imemezele ngoLwesithathu ukuthi isizwe senze umshini omusha wokujija imicibisholo, iSouth Korea ewutholile ngayizolo.
I-Pyongyang ivivinye imicibisholo emibili ye-ballistic yebanga elifushane ekhombisa amandla, ngemva nje kosuku olulodwa i-Washington ne-Seoul beqale ukuqeqeshwa kwezempi uKim Jong Un akubuka njengokuzilolongela ukuhlasela.
Imicibisholo ejikijelwe edolobheni eliseningizimu-ntshonalanga elisogwini iJangyon indize inqamula eNyakatho Korea ngaphambi kokuthi ihlale olwandle ogwini olusempumalanga yalelo zwe, kusho iJoint Chiefs of Staff yaseNingizimu Korea esitatimendeni.
I-US Indo-Pacific Command ithe ukwethulwa kwangoLwesibili akubangeli usongo ngokushesha kubalingani bayo.
Kodwa ithe ukuhlolwa kwakamuva kweNyakatho kugqamisa “umthelela olimazayo” wezinhlelo zezikhali ezingekho emthethweni zaseNyakatho nokuthi ukuzibophezela kwezokuphepha kwe-US eSouth Korea naseJapan kusalokhu “kubi”.
Khonamanjalo, umbango weChina neJapan mayelana neziqhingi ezincane e-East China Sea ushubile ngoLwesine, njengoba zombili izinhlangothi zisola enye ngokwephula indawo yazo yasolwandle.
Lokhu kwenzeke ngemuva kokuthi imikhumbi egada ogwini lwaseChina ingene emanzini azungeze iqembu leziqhingi ezingahlali muntu iJapan elilawula futhi elibiza ngokuthi iSenkakus, neBeijing nayo ethi iziqhingi zaseDiaoyu. Lezi ziqhingi zisenyakatho yeTaiwan, nazo ezithi ngezazo.
Le ngqungquthela iphinde ilandele uchungechunge lwempumelelo yobunxusa baseChina ezifundeni ngokuvamile ezithathwa njengezithonywe kakhulu yi-US.
I-US nayo yenza imizamo yokuqinisa imifelandawonye yesifunda. Ngokusobala iWashington yasebenza ukuletha ingqungquthela yanamuhla, kwathi ngoLwesine yaqala ukuzivivinya okuhlanganyelwe kokulwa nemikhumbi-ngwenya neSouth Korea neJapan kanye neCanada neNdiya.
