Oil and gasoline for the Japanese: South Korea gas pumps with tough moves following political tensions

Car fuel stations in South Korea are refusing to supply or serve Japanese cars as part of an added boycott of Japanese goods that have increased trade and political tensions.

Visits to vacations in Japan, Japanese beer, and movie tickets have also been affected. In addition, there are demonstrations outside Japan's embassy in Seoul [Seoul], writes The Guardian, accompanying Periscopi.

Anti-yponese sentiments have increased since Tokyo [Tokyo] ignored on July 1st that it was registering the export of materials used for manufukture, a major industry in Korea. Since then, charges and counter-accuses have been initiated among neighbouring countries.

However, such tension increases have also caused internal divisions to erupt. “Victims due to the refusal of gas stations to fill cars is not the Japanese government but the Korean owners of cars.” He wrote a newspaper today. /Periscope