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number of participants grew, becoming a movement organized by private citizens

which began voluntarily without governmental provocation.

Increased tensions between the two countries led to the breaking away from

the GSOMIA agreement. GSOMIA(General Security Of Military information

Agreement), an agreement between Japan and Korea, was signed on 11 November

2016. The contents of this agreement states that Korea and Japan can share

valuable information with each other for security and defence purposes without

the interference of the United States through designated signatories obligated by

both parties. It was meant to act as a counterweight to the security issues posed

by China and North Korea. But on 22 August 2019, the Blue House announced its

intention to activate Article 21 of the GSOMIA, requiring a nation to give a 90-day

termination notice to the other signatories should it intend to terminate its

agreement. This notice was repealed on 22 November 2019, a day before the

scheduled renewal of the agreement’s validity. Also, the number of participants in

the boycott was estimated to be at 63% on 5 July 2019, which shows the huge

impact of the boycott on Korea-Japan relations.

Therefore, we are willing to learn more about the current situation and delve into

the political impacts in Korea due to the boycott on Japanese products.

2. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS & MATERIALS

Qualitative Method

For this method, we plan to hold interviews. Through these interviews, we can

obtain different answers through different perspectives. Different creative and

personal opinions will help us to get more reliable results. Furthermore, it can help

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