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The South Korean government on July 12 expressed deep regret over Japanese allegations that South Korean companies violated sanctions against North Korea by making unauthorized exports of strategic materials to the North, and proposed an international probe into Tokyo's suspicions.


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Int'l symposium in Seoul discusses developing Korea-Japan ties

Int'l symposium in Seoul discusses developing Korea-Japan ties

Lauren Richardson, a professor at Australian National University (second from left), on Dec. 9 speaks at a news conference held at the Westin Chosun Seoul the day before ...

Dec 10,2019

Cheong Wa Dae denies 'distorted' Japanese announcement on GSOMIA

Cheong Wa Dae denies 'distorted' Japanese announcement on GSOMIA

Senior Presidential Secretary for Public Communication Yoon Do Han on Nov. 25 said, "This is the only truth" in denying an announcement by the Japanese government and med...

Nov 26,2019

Korea conditionally suspends termination of military pact with Japan

Korea conditionally suspends termination of military pact with Japan

Kim You-geun, secretariat of the National Security Council, on Nov. 22 announces the government's decision to conditionally halt the termination of the General Security o...

Nov 23,2019

Korea-Japan legal group issues statement on forced labor victims

Korea-Japan legal group issues statement on forced labor victims

Park Chan-un, head of the Humans Rights Law Association of Korea, on Nov. 20 delivers a statement on compensating forced labor victims during a Korean-Japan legal group's...

Nov 21,2019

'Civic society cooperation is key to improving Korea-Japan ties'

'Civic society cooperation is key to improving Korea-Japan ties'

Lee Young-chae, a professor at Keisen University in Tokyo, says people-to-people exchange and collaboration between Koreans and Japanese can help thaw bilateral relations...

Nov 14,2019

Japan civic groups back court ruling favoring forced laborers

Japan civic groups back court ruling favoring forced laborers

(Left) Two Japanese civic organizations on Oct. 30 issued the joint statement titled "For the Immediate Recovery of Human Rights for the Forced Labor Victims." (Righ...

Nov 01,2019

Documents on Japan's use of forced labor made public

Documents on Japan's use of forced labor made public

The National Archives of Korea on Oct. 31 made public original records on Japan's wartime use of forced Korean labor kept by the Japanese Government General of Korea duri...

Nov 01,2019

Coolheaded manner, diplomatic network needed to settle Korea-Japan conflict

"Coolheaded manner, diplomatic network needed to settle Korea-Japan conflict"

Sejong University professor Yuji Hosaka, a leading expert in Korea-Japan relations based in Seoul, has written a book on Japan's Abe administration and the extreme right ...

Oct 14,2019

'US must help Korea and Japan in interpretation of history'

'US must help Korea and Japan in interpretation of history'

By Yoon Sojung An op-ed piece published on Sept. 23 by The New York Times said the latest conflict between Korea and Japan stems from "the Washington-brokered 1965 treaty...

Oct 11,2019

German professor blasts Japan's attitude toward war crimes

German professor blasts Japan's attitude toward war crimes

West German Chancellor Willy Brandt on Dec. 7, 1970, kneels in front of a memorial for Jewish Holocaust victims in Warsaw, Poland, and apologizes for Germany's crimes aga...

Sep 25,2019