Michigan Journal of International Law Volume 27 Issue 1 2005 The Law and Culture of the Apology in Korean Dispute Settlement (With Japan and the United States in Mind) Ilhyung Lee Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, University of Missouri-Columbia Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil Part of the Comparative and Foreign Law Commons, and the Law and Society Commons Recommended Citation Ilhyung Lee, The Law and Culture of the Apology in Korean Dispute Settlement (With Japan and the United States in Mind), 27 MICH. J. INT'L L. 1 (2005). Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil/vol27/iss1/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Michigan Journal of International Law at University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Michigan Journal of International Law by an authorized editor of University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE LAW AND CULTURE OF THE APOLOGY IN KOREAN DISPUTE SETTLEMENT (WITH JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES IN MIND) Ilhyung Lee* I. APOLOGY AND THE U.S.-JAPAN Axis ..................................... 6 A. Apology: The Background................................................. 6 B. Apology: The U.S.-JapanAxis ........................................ 13 II. KOREA ...................................................................................... 17 A. Korea: The Traditionaland Contemporary..................... 18 B. Harmony,