But it is also true that Park&nbsp;– who has refused to meet formally with Abe until he addresses lingering issues over Japan’s annexation of Korea –&nbsp;has used history to pander to domestic nationalist sentiment. Indeed, adopting a hardline stance has enabled her to whitewash some inconvenient family history: Her father, the dictator Park Chung-hee, collaborated with the Japanese military while Korea was under colonial rule.
平心而论，韩国指责日本否认某些过去的行径并非无端指责。但朴槿惠用历史迎合国内民族主义情绪也是事实。她一直拒绝与安倍进行正式会晤，除非安倍就日本吞并韩国的历史问题作出表态。事实上，采取强硬立场让她得以在某种程度上粉饰她自己的家族史：在日本殖民统治时期，她的父亲朴成焕曾与日军有过合作。