For 11 consecutive days from the start of this month, every front page of the Yukan Fuji, a nationally circulated evening tabloid published by the Sankei Shimbun, was embellished with at least one negative reference to South Korea. Some headline excerpts:

  • "S. Korea blasts into 20-year-long economic panic. President Park strays from her public commitment. Samsung shares plunge again." (Oct. 1)