South Korea called on Thursday for Japan to allow more time for diplomacy as tal...
BANGKOK - South Korea called on Thursday for Japan to allow more time for diplomacy as talks on their most serious dispute in years failed to make progress, a day before Japan could remove South Korea from its list of favored trade partners.
A spiraling row over the past month is threatening to disrupt the global supply of semiconductors and undercut security cooperation on North Korea. Japan is expected to drop South Korea from its white list of countries that enjoy smooth trade. A South Korean ministry official said it was “highly likely” to happen on Friday.
Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported Kono had asked South Korea to take steps to prevent any damage to the Japanese firms ordered to pay compensation to former laborers. The two countries clinched the deal in 2016 in the face of domestic opposition toward military cooperation with the old foe.
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