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Tue, September 24, 2019 | 05:23

Seoul-Tokyo ties tipped for deeper rift after Japan's expanded export control: experts

Japan's decision to remove South Korea from a list of trusted trading partners is sending their already frayed ties into a tailspin, with little chance for a breakthrough in sight, experts said Friday. The move also sparked concern that the worsening relations between Seoul and Tokyo could negatively affect security cooperation between the two American allies at a time when N...

2019-08-02 11:40

Top diplomats of Korea, Japan, US to meet amid tensions over whitelist exclusion

The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan were set to meet trilaterally in Thailand on Friday, as Tokyo's decision to strip Seoul of a preferential trade status casts a pall over three-way security cooperation despite Pyongyang's saber-rattling. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and her U.S. and Japanese counterparts - Mike Pompeo and Taro Kono - plan to hol...

2019-08-02 10:57

Japan hides true intentions, leaving export curbs unjustified

Despite what Japan cites as reasons for its curbs on exports to South Korea, the country may have hidden motives that include an attempt to evade responsibility for its past wrongdoings, officials here say. On July 4, Tokyo implemented tougher restrictions on South Korea-bound shipments of three materials - resist, etching gas and fluorinated polyimide - that are essential in...

2019-08-02 10:51

Japan's broader export curbs aim for Korea's Achilles heel

Japan's expanded export curbs appear to target key pillars and future growth drivers of the South Korean economy, but its move could create mutually damaging situations for the closely intertwined Asian economies, depending on the scope of the measures, industry watchers say. The Japanese government passed a bill Friday to remove South Korea from a "whitelist" of trusted buye...

2019-08-02 10:44

Boycott of Japanese goods to intensify as Tokyo expands export curbs

Calls for a boycott of Japan-made goods in South Korea are expected to come to a boil as Tokyo went ahead with its threat to widen controls over exports of materials by removing Seoul from a list of trusted trade partners despite repeated calls to scrap the move. A boycott of Japanese goods has spread across Korea since Tokyo tightened controls on exports of three high-tech m...

2019-08-02 10:38

South Koreans are boycotting anything Japanese

Japan approves bill removing Korea from list of trusted trading partners

Japan approved a proposal to remove South Korea from a list of trusted trading partners Friday in additional economic retaliation over a row surrounding wartime forced labor, dealing yet another heavy blow to their badly frayed relations. The Cabinet decision, which was widely expected, follows Tokyo's first restriction, imposed on July 4, that applies a tougher approval proc...

2019-08-02 10:20

Korean man set himself ablaze to protest Japan

The official says police at the scene found a bag that likely belonged to the man and contained a memo and leaflet criticizing Japan over its decision to tighten controls on high-tech exports to South Korea and vowing to fight Tokyo until Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologizes.

2019-08-01 15:56

S. Korea, Japan face head-on collision as last-minute talks collapse

Japan's ruling party leader snubs Korean delegation

At night, Fukushiro Nukaga of the LDP, a co-head of the South Korea-Japan Parliamentarians' Union, called his South Korean counterpart, Kang Chang-il of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), to cancel the talks saying he had to preside over an emergency party meeting on North Korea's Wednesday missile tests.

2019-08-01 13:54

S. Korea, Japan on path to head-on collision

The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan failed to narrow differences in a rancorous trade row during their highly charged talks in Thailand on Thursday, the eve of Tokyo's possible decision on whether to strip Seoul of a preferential trade status. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and her Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, met in Bangkok on the margins of annual multilateral t...

2019-08-01 13:43

Japan's ruling party leader snubs Korean delegation

FMs of S. Korea, Japan discuss trade row in Bangkok

The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan held bilateral talks in Thailand on Thursday, the eve of Tokyo's highly expected decision on whether to strip Seoul of a preferential trade status.Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and her Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, met in Bangkok on the margins of annual multilateral meetings, involving the 10-member Association of Southeast Asi...

2019-08-01 11:15

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