2006 to be Year of Japan Hatred in Korea

The Korean foreign ministry announced Tuesday that 2006 will be the Year of Japan Hatred in Korea. This follows 2005, the Korea-Japan Friendship Year. The ministry spokesperson stated that,"we received many complaints from people about our friendship year with Japan, so we decided to balance things out with a year of widespread hatred of our evil neighbor."

The ministry also hoped to get Japan involved in the year-long festival of animosity. However, the Japanese foreign minister issued the following statement, "As much as I would personally love to see Japan's involvement in such a Hatefest, over half of our female population is madly in love with Yonsama, so it is unlikely that we can join in the festivities."