Anyone hoping to play a round of golf next year at the Anes Ville Country Club in South Korea’s south-eastern province of North Jeolla will be expected to adhere to a new condition: do not turn up in a Japanese car.
The club announced this week that its parking facilities would not be available to golfers who arrive in cars made by the likes of Honda, Toyota and Nissan — a tribute, it said, to the victims of the 35-year Japanese occupation of Korea in the first half of the 20th century.
“We aim to honour our ancestors’ deeds to fight against the Japanese imperialist persecution to protect this country and pass on liberty to future generations. We ask our clients to support this movement and our conviction,” read a notice posted at the club.