South Korean President Park Geun-hye criticized the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a long-ranging interview with a foreign news agency over historical issues that remain unresolved between the two countries, the president's office said Monday.
In the interview with Bloomberg News on Friday, Park dismissed Abe's calls for a summit and said she would refuse to meet with him until his government does more to atone for its wartime past.
When asked whether she would shake hands with Abe at the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month, Park replied, "This isn't simply a matter of whether we would engage in a handshake."