Japan turns up heat but fails to convince South Korea to accept arbitration over wartime labor
Japan turns up the heat on South Korea in a dispute over compensation for wartime labor, but is unable to convince Seoul to accept its request for arbitration.
Abe urges new South Korean envoy to properly handle wartime labor issue
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked the new South Korean Ambassador to Japan Nam Gwan-pyo on Tuesday to deal properly with a dispute over compensation for wartime labor, the Japanese Foreign Ministry has said. Relations between the two countries have shown no signs of improving after ...
Foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan to meet in Paris on OECD sidelines
The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan are scheduled to hold talks in Paris this week on the sidelines of a gathering of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The talks between Kang Kyung-wha and Taro ...
South Korea to 'carefully review' Japan's call for arbitration on wartime labor
The South Korean government will "carefully review" Japan's request for arbitration in the dispute over compensation for laborers made to work during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. The South Korean Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that "our government today received an official ...
Japan seeks arbitration with South Korea over wartime labor compensation
Tokyo cites a 1965 pact that explicitly declares all compensation issues have been “settled completely and finally.”
German biscuit heiress apologizes for claim that Nazi forced laborers were treated 'well'
An heiress of the Bahlsen biscuit empire in Germany has apologized for claiming her company treated forced laborers "well" during World War II, and said she should learn more about her firm's history. Verena Bahlsen, who owns a quarter of the company, said she "deeply ...
Japan and South Korea foreign ministers likely to meet this month in Paris
Japan and South Korea are arranging for their foreign ministers to meet later this month on the sidelines of a gathering of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, government sources said Monday. Taro Kono of Japan and Kang Kyung-wha of South Korea are expected ...
South Korean foreign minister says Seoul should not meddle in wartime labor cases
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Thursday she thinks Seoul should not meddle in wartime labor lawsuits in which South Korean plaintiffs have launched procedures to convert assets seized from Japanese companies into cash. Speaking to reporters, she explained that the perspective of allowing ...
Tokyo lodges protest as South Korea court is asked to sell Japan firms' assets over wartime labor
Japan protested Wednesday what it sees as inaction by the South Korean government to prevent Japanese corporate assets from being sold as part of a wartime labor dispute. The protest came after a team of lawyers for South Koreans who were awarded damages from Japanese ...
South Koreans who say they or their family members were forced to work for Japanese companies during World War II have sued Japanese firms, including Mitsubishi Materials Corp., their lawyers said. Also covered by the suits involving 54 plaintiffs, which were filed Monday, are Mitsubishi ...
President Moon Jae-in thanks Emperor Akihito for work to strengthen Japan-South Korea ties
In editorials, South Korean newspapers said the imperial succession and the start of the new era should be catalysts for improving bilateral ties.
Wartime laborer statue removed from near Japanese Consulate in Busan
A controversial statue erected close to the Japanese Consulate in Busan to symbolize Korean laborers forcibly taken to Japan during the colonial era is removed.
