Korean posts have accused a Japanese newspaper of disrespecting President Yoon Suk Yeol by calling him 'Mr' instead of 'President' But Japanese media often use 'Mr' to refer to world leaders and a linguist told us it was not disrespectful
A screenshot of the front page of a Japanese daily has been shared repeatedly in Korean-language posts that misleadingly claim the paper"disrespected" South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol by addressing him as"Mr" rather than"president" in its report. But the Japanese title"Mr" does not have the same connotation of"talking down" as it does in certain contexts in Korean, a linguist told AFP.
The Korean-language claim was shared alongside an image of the front page of the Yomiuri Shimbun, one of Japan's most read dailies,The Japanese-language headline reads, in part:"Mr Yoon 'Japan is a partner'." The Japanese characters for"Mr Yoon" are circled in purple. Korean-language text embedded below the image reads:"Yomiuri, Japan's top newspaper, is treating Yoon disrespectfully by addressing him as 'Mr' instead of 'president'."The Chinese character"
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