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Japanese Foreign Minister Says Compensation Matter Already Concluded

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Taro Kono, Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that he was “not at all thinking about a losing ruling” regarding a court decision to be made today on whether a Japanese steel firm must compensate Korean victims forced to work in its factories. In an interview with Sankei Shimbun, [...]

S. Korean, Japanese Foreign Ministers Have Phone Talks to Discuss N.K. Missile

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Japan’s foreign ministers had a telephone conversation Wednesday to discuss North Korea’s launch of a new, longer-range ballistic missile early in the day and how torespond to the provocation, the South Korean foreignministry said. In the 20-minute conversation that began at 4:40 p.m., South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha expressed “deep concern” over the North’s resumption of [...]