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Japan’s Broader Export Curbs Aim for S. Korea’s Achilles Heel

Japan’s Broader Export Curbs Aim for S. Korea’s Achilles Heel

SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan’s expanded export curbs appear to target key pillars and future growth drivers of the South Korean economy, but its move could create mutually damaging situations for the closely intertwined Asian economies, depending on the scope of the measures, industry watchers say. The Japanese government passed a bill Friday [...]

Boycott of Japanese Goods to Intensify as Tokyo Expands Export Curbs

Boycott of Japanese Goods to Intensify as Tokyo Expands Export Curbs

SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Calls for a boycott of Japan-made goods in South Korea are expected to come to a boil as Tokyo went ahead with its threat to widen controls over exports of materials by removing Seoul from a list of trusted trade partners despite repeated calls to scrap the move. A [...]

S. Korea, Japan Decide to Delist Each Other as Trusted Trading Partners

S. Korea, Japan Decide to Delist Each Other as Trusted Trading Partners

SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Japan decided Friday to delist each other as trusted trading partners, sending their trade and diplomatic row spiraling into an economic war, after Tokyo rejected Seoul’s repeated appeals for a negotiated resolution. Japan first removed South Korea from its whitelist of reliable countries earlier in the [...]