A South Korean newspaper expressed regret Wednesday that two cartoons depicting the Moscow metro bombings had upset Russia's ambassador to the Asian country.
The Korea Times said in an editorial? that it was "regrettable if the cartoons aroused any negative feelings in Russians or any other readers." It said the publication “was not intended to insult or outrage Russians."
One cartoon depicted a bear in a fur hat wiping away tears as it looms over a train in flames. The other showed a train shaped like a skull.
? Russia's ambassador to South Korea, Konstantin Vnukov, demanded an official apology from the newspaper on Tuesday.
(MT)