韓國召見日駐韓大使抗議日議員參拜靖國神社

**SKorea Recalls Japan Ambassador over Visits to War Shrine**

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South Korea has summoned Japan's ambassador in Seoul to protest recent visits by Japanese lawmakers and officials to a controversial shrine seen by many as a symbol of Tokyo's colonial past.

More than 160 lawmakers paid their respects at the Yasukuni Shrine on Wednesday. Three government ministers made a similar visit to the Shinto site in Tokyo last week.

The shrine honors 2.5 million of Japan's war dead, including some convicted war criminals from World War Two. South Korea and China, which bore the brunt of Japan's pre-war aggression, regularly protest such visits.

The South's Deputy Foreign Minister said Thursday that Japan's ambassador was recalled in protest about the visits and subsequent comments by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.韓國召見日本駐首爾大使，抗議日本議員和官員最近參拜引起爭議的靖國神社。靖國神社被很多人認爲是東京殖民歷史的象徵。

星期三，160多名議員參拜了靖國神社。上星期，3名政府部長也參拜了位於東京的靖國神社。

靖國神社供奉着250萬日本戰爭亡靈，包括一些第二次世界大戰期間犯了戰爭罪而被判刑的人。在二戰前，韓國和中國就首當其衝遭受日本的侵略，他們經常抗議日本官方參拜靖國神社。

韓國副外長星期四表示，他們召見了日本駐韓大使，抗議日本議員參拜靖國神社，以及日本首相安倍晉三隨後發表的評論。