South Korea is assessing the risks of a row with Japan over forced wartime labor...
FILE PHOTO - A police officer stands guard near Japan and South Korea national flags at hotel, in Tokyo June 22, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Japan last week imposed tighter curbs on exports of high-tech materials to South Korea for making smartphone displays and memory chips. The action triggered calls in South Korea for a boycott of Japanese goods. “I don’t know which additional measures there are for Japan to take next, but government ministries are checking the situation in that regard,” Choi Jong-ku said in remarks that were not allowed to be published until Sunday.
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