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Korea's response to Japan's export restriction
Korea's response to Japan's export restriction
- Korea removes Japan from whitelist of preferred trading partners
- Aug 12,2019
- Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yunmo on Aug. 12 announces Japan's removal from the country's whitelist of preferred trading partners in a news conference at ...
- Japan's lack of contrition about past threatens global economy: US scholar
- Aug 12,2019
- Gregg Brazinsky, a professor of history and international affairs at the George Washington University in Washington, on Aug. 11 contributed to The Washington Post an op-e...
- Japanese social media users start movement featuring 'I love Korea' hashtag
- Aug 09,2019
- Japanese social media users on Aug. 7 show support for Korea on their Twitter feeds using the hashtag "I love Korea." (Twitter feed screen capture) By Kim Eun-young a...
- President Moon urges Japan to retract trade sanctions on Korea
- Aug 08,2019
- President Moon Jae-in on Aug. 8 discusses Japan's economic sanctions on Korea in a meeting with a national economic advisory council at Cheong Wa Dae. (Cheong Wa Dae...
- President Moon says Korea to 'stand up to Japan' through own tech
- Aug 08,2019
- President Moon Jae-in on Aug. 7 visits in the city of Gimpo, Gyeonggi-do Province, the decelerator manufacturer SBB Tech. (Cheong Wa Dae) By Park Hye Ri and Lee Jiha...
- Former Japanese PM urges Korea's reinstatement to Japan's trade whitelist
- Aug 07,2019
- Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on June 12 gives a lecture at Yonsei University in Seoul on the symbiotic relationship among Northeast Asian countries. (Yon...
- Social media users protest Japan's removal of 'Statue of Peace' exhibit
- Aug 07,2019
- Rosaria Iazzetta, an Italian professor of sculpture, on Aug. 4 uploaded photographs of women posing like "The Statue of Peace" on her Twitter account to protest the remov...
- 'Korea can catch up with Japan through inter-Korean cooperation'
- Aug 05,2019
- President Moon Jae-in on Aug. 5 hosts a meeting of his senior secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae. (Cheong Wa Dae) By Park Hye Ri and Lee Jihae President Moon Jae-in on Aug...
- Japan's shutdown of 'Statue of Peace' exhibit incites widespread condemnation
- Aug 05,2019
- "The Statue of Peace," a Korean statue of a comfort woman submitted to the Aichi Triennale 2019 held in central Japan, holds a pamphlet for a section of the arts festival...
- ASEAN expresses concern over rise in trade conflicts, protectionism
- Aug 05,2019
- Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Aug. 3 delivers the opening statement of the Republic of Korea-Mekong Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Centara Grand Hotel in Bangkok....