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YouTubers troubled in wake of Japan boycott campaigns

By Kim Jae-heunJapan's economic retaliation against Korean court rulings on forced labor and Koreans' resultant boycott of Japanese products are influencing YouTubers who review Japanese items or publish Japan-related video clips.As internet users have commented that it is inappropriate to showcase Japanese goods during this time, some YouTubers said they would refrain from posting content related to Japan.A popular YouTuber surnamed Nam, who has 20,000 subscribers, reviews new cameras online. He uploaded a video on his channel last Friday with the title “I am sorry, I use a Japanese camera,” after his subscribers urged him to join the boycott.He had been posting about new Japanese products despite the growing anger from Koreans over Japan's export ban on key chemicals to Korea in retaliation to the rulings that ordered Japanese companies to compensate surviving Korean victims of forced labor during WWII.A number of comments posted on his recent videos read like: “I do not want to watch reviews on Japanese products for a while.”In his video, Nam emphasized tha

Jul 22, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
YouTubers troubled in wake of Japan boycott campaigns
  • 67% of Koreans willing to boycott Japanese goods over Tokyo's export control: survey
  • Japanese travel boycott intensifies
  • 'Boycott Japan' becomes more intense, sophisticated

'Japan takes swipe at Korea's jurisdiction, sovereignty'

Seen above is a screen capture of a Facebook posting by Cho Kuk, senior presidential secretary for civil affairs. In the message posted Monday, Cho expressed regret over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent remarks that Seoul and Tokyo settled their historical compensation issues in their 1965 normalization of ties treaty. Cho said the argument contradicts a South Korean court ruling last October which ordered Japanese companies to compensate surviving victims of forced labor. Screen capture from Cho Kuk’s Facebook pageBy Lee Min-hyungCho Kuk, senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, makes his way to attend a meeting with President Moon Jae-in and other secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae, Monday. YonhapJapan is threatening South Korea's sovereignty as Tokyo has consistently failed to accept South Korea's Supreme Court rulings ordering Japanese companies to compensate the victims of wartime forced labor, a senior presidential aide said.“It is not proper to advocate Japan's assertion at a time when Korea's legitimacy and judicial power are under attack by Jap

Jul 22, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
'Japan takes swipe at Korea's jurisdiction, sovereignty'

Assembly committee adopts resolution on Japan's trade curbs

National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang, second from left, and floor leaders of three political parties pose before holding a meeting at Moon's office in the National Assembly, Monday. From left are Reps. Lee In-young of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, Moon, Na Kyung-won of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party and Oh Shin-hwan of the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party. YonhapBy Park Ji-wonThe National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee adopted a resolution Monday calling for Japan to withdraw its trade retaliation against South Korea, before holding a series of meetings with U.S. and Japanese lawmakers this week.The committee, led by Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP), adopted the resolution unanimously after reviewing several draft resolutions submitted earlier by groups of lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), the LKP and the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party (BMP).The adoption has been in line with efforts of the country's major parties to counter Japan's trade restrictions on some key components

Jul 22, 2019By Park Ji-won
Assembly committee adopts resolution on Japan's trade curbs
  • S. Korea braces for possible Japanese capital flight

Moon eyes opportunity for local industry

President Moon Jae-in speaks during a weekly meeting with senior secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae, Monday. YonhapBy Do Je-hae President Moon Jae-in called on government agencies Monday to cooperate in boosting the competitiveness of the local parts and materials industry to counter Japan's expanding trade offensive.Moon underlined that the situation stemming from Tokyo's export restrictions “should be seen as an opportunity,” and vowed full-scale support for industrial countermeasures. “Innovative startups founded on new technologies can provide critical solutions even when the national economy is being threatened by a tech powerhouse that is violating free-trade principles,” President Moon said at the start of a weekly meeting with senior secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae. The President called for concerted efforts between government agencies and the corporate sector. “Up until now, even if small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have had the technology for localization or have succeeded in product development, they have not been able to take a leading role i

Jul 22, 2019By Do Je-hae
Moon eyes opportunity for local industry

Seoul considers back US efforts in Hormuz

This combination of image grabs created from a video broadcast by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on July 19, reportedly shows footage obtained from an IRGC drone flying above an assault ship, a destroyer, an oil tanker, and a merchant vessel in undisclosed locations. IRGC-YonhapBy Kim Yoo-chulSouth Korea is considering supporting Washington's initiative to form a multinational coalition to safeguard commercial shipping in the Middle East, near the Strait of Hormuz.“A wide range of options are available given the possible impact on South Korea. We are closely monitoring the situation, and are open to a lot of possibilities going forward,” Ministry of National Defense deputy spokesman Col. Roh Jae-cheon told reporters in a regular briefing Monday.The United States has yet to make an official request about South Korea dispatching naval ships and possible even planes to increase maritime surveillance of the strait, the ministry official said. He added it was possible the U.S. would ask for this or for Seoul to make a financial contribution to support the init

Jul 22, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
Seoul considers back US efforts in Hormuz

Trump in dilemma over Korea, Japan trade scuffle

Chip price hike goes against US national interestBy Lee Min-hyungJapan's Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party's leader Shinzo Abe raises his fist as he speaks to voters on the last election campaign day ahead of Sunday's upper house election at Akihabara district in Tokyo, Japan July 20. Reuters-YonhapThe United States is in a growing dilemma over whether to actively engage in the intensifying trade row between South Korea and Japan, as Seoul is considering abolishing a major security agreement with Tokyo to deal with the latter's “unilateral economic revenge.”U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration are at a time when he has to win more votes ahead of the upcoming 2020 U.S. presidential election. Trump has touted himself for “making progress on peace of the Korean Peninsula” after holding a series of summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.It is true that Trump has played a part in stopping the North from carrying out military provocations against the South since last year when the two sides started talks on nuclear disarmament of the pe

Jul 21, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Trump in dilemma over Korea, Japan trade scuffle
  • US to request Seoul's restraint on Korea-Japan row

Pro-democracy activist urges umbrella labor to drop vested rights

Chang Ki-pyo, president of the New Civilization Policy Institute, speaks in an interview with The Korea Times at his office in central Seoul, late last month. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukBy Lee Min-hyungPresident Moon Jae-in and his administration are advised not to underestimate the “high-handed and militant” attitude of the nation's largest umbrella labor union, a renowned pro-democracy activist said in a recent interview with The Korea Times.Chang Ki-pyo, president of the New Civilization Policy Institute, said it is high time for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), the hawkish labor organization with more than 1 million members, to put an end to its violent and authoritative protests being carried out “under the pretext of protecting laborers' rights.”“The KCTU is behaving as if it ignores the nation's rule of law, but the Moon administration is sitting on its hands,” Chang said. President Moon was a human rights and labor lawyer back in the 1990s before jumping into politics in the early 2000s.He argued Moon is paying less at

Jul 21, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Pro-democracy activist urges umbrella labor to drop vested rights

US to request Seoul's restraint on Korea-Japan row

Trump's top national security adviser John Bolton will be in Seoul Tuesday to discuss urgent bilateral issues. YonhapBy Do Je-hae, Kim Yoo-chul U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is expected to convey Washington's message that nullifying a military agreement between Seoul and Tokyo “isn't desirable” in terms of moving forward with the peace process on the Korean Peninsula, a presidential aide told The Korea Times, Sunday.“During a planned meeting with presidential National Security Office (NSO) chief Chung Eui-yong, Bolton would pass on Washington's stance that terminating the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) is not desirable in light of the importance of the trilateral cooperation between Seoul, Tokyo and Washington in the peace process and nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea,” the aide said. “Cheong Wa Dae will once again stress that U.S. intervention is quite necessary in resolving the Korea-Japan trade friction.”On Sunday afternoon, Cheong Wa Dae confirmed Bolton will arrive in Seoul Tuesday for a two-d

Jul 21, 2019By Do Je-hae
US to request Seoul's restraint on Korea-Japan row
  • Protesters condemn Japan's export curbs
  • 'We have to stand together to counter Japan'
  • Trump in dilemma over Korea, Japan trade scuffle

'We have to stand together to counter Japan'

DPK floor leader Lee In-young answers a reporter's question in a news conference at the National Assembly, Sunday morning. YonhapBy Kim Yoo-chulThe country's ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) asked the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) to stand together to counter the ongoing trade friction with Japan, urging the LKP to pass an extra budget bill to cope with Tokyo's “discriminatory export curbs.”“We hope there wouldn't be, but if the LKP wants to see a further escalation of a parliamentary standoff, then I can say we have a wide range of options available. We need bipartisan support from the LKP in passing an extra budget bill to counter Japan's trade retaliation. Again, this isn't a partisan issue,” DPK floor leader Lee In-young said in a news conference at the National Assembly, Sunday morning.“The ruling party is still waiting for a response. The DPK is hoping to see a conclusion regarding the passage of the extra budget bill issue during a planned meeting Monday morning to be presided by National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang. If we see

Jul 21, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
'We have to stand together to counter Japan'
  • US to request Seoul's restraint on Korea-Japan row

Protesters condemn Japan's export curbs

A masked protester dressed as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a sign calling on the Abe administration to apologize for Japan's past war crimes, in front of the former site of the Japanese embassy site in downtown Seoul, Saturday. / Korea Times photo by Hong In-taekBy Lee Suh-yoonMore than 1,000 protesters took to the streets Saturday to condemn Japan's Shinzo Abe administration for its economic retaliation against Korean Supreme Court rulings ordering compensation for individual wartime forced laborers.Activists from around 100 civic groups, including one of the main umbrella trade unions and the Korea Alliance for Progressive Movements (KAPM), rallied in front of the former Japanese embassy site in Jongno-gu, filling the street between the former embassy and a statue depicting a girl mobilized to serve in Japanese military brothels during World War II. “Apologize for forced labor, withdraw retaliatory trade restrictions,” the groups chanted. One held a handmade sign reading, “There can be no future of peace without proper repentance for colonialism.&rdquo

Jul 21, 2019
Protesters condemn Japan's export curbs
  • US to request Seoul's restraint on Korea-Japan row
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