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S. Korea, Japan in Talks on Lifting of Export Curbs: Industry Chief

S. Korea, Japan in Talks on Lifting of Export Curbs: Industry Chief

SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) –South Korea and Japan have been in talks on the potential lifting of Japan’s yearslong restrictions on exports of key industry materials to South Korea as they have worked to resolve the issue of compensating victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor, Seoul’s industry chief said Monday. In 2019, Tokyo imposed [...]

South Korea Defends New Film on Japanese Forced Labor as Factual

South Korea Defends New Film on Japanese Forced Labor as Factual

SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) –South Korea defended a new local movie depicting South Koreans mobilized as forced labor for imperial Japan as “factual” on Thursday after the Japanese chief cabinet secretary dismissed it as fictional. The movie “The Battleship Island” was released a day earlier, rekindling attention on the hellish atrocities suffered by Koreans [...]