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Tue, August 20, 2019 | 16:11

Two heroic Japanese I met

Korea-Japan tensions appear to be at an all-time high. Whenever their relations go from bad to worse, I always think of two Japanese people I met in November 2012 at the National Institute of Korean History in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-07-30 15:45

Eyes on Korea, US, Japan meeting in Thailand this week as trade dispute escalates

The foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan are urged to jointly discuss ways to resolve a trade row between Seoul and Tokyo when they come to the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Thailand this week. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Kono are also being urged to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo together and for bilater...

Park Ji-won | 2019-07-28 17:54

Anti-Abe protest in Seoul [PHOTOS]

Thousands of Koreans gathered in central Seoul Saturday evening to criticize Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for imposing export restrictions on their country. About 5,000 people, including members of 596 civic groups, held candles at Gwanghwamun Square.

Jung Min-ho | 2019-07-28 12:17

Thousands of anti-Abe protesters rally in Seoul

Korea speeds up efforts to file complaint with WTO on Japan's export curbs

The South Korean government is speeding up preparations to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) as Japan is moving to remove Asia's fourth-largest economy from its "whitelist" of trusted trading partners, sources said Sunday. "We plan to file a complaint with the WTO on a date convenient for South Korea," Deputy Trade Minister Kim Seung-ho said last week a...

2019-07-28 10:43

Lawmakers from South Korea, US, Japan seek cooperation amid trade spat

Lawmakers from South Korea, the United States and Japan met in Washington, Friday, to seek to boost trilateral cooperation and resolve a trade dispute between Seoul and Tokyo. The biannual meeting, organized by The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, came at a time of tense relations between the two U.S. allies over Japan's adoption of stricter control of exports to South ...

2019-07-27 14:28

Trade minister returns from US over Japan's trade curbs

Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee returned home from the United States, Saturday, after asking for Washington's support and mediation in Seoul's dispute over export controls imposed by Japan.

2019-07-27 14:13

Lawmakers from South Korea, US, Japan seek cooperation amid trade spat

'Boycott Japan' leading to cancellations of trips to Japan

A Korean consumer boycott of Japanese products to protest Japan's export curbs has expanded to the tourism sector, and a number of travelers are canceling their trips to the neighboring country.

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-07-25 17:26

Logistics, supermarket unions join 'Boycott Japan' campaign

The boycott campaign against Japanese products and services is expanding from consumers to service providers after unions representing parcel delivery and supermarket workers vowed not to handle Japanese goods. The nation's logistics union said Wednesday that its members will refuse to deal with products of Japanese retailer Uniqlo to protest Tokyo's trade restrictions impose...

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-07-24 16:08

Multiple anti-Japan protests sweep downtown Seoul [PHOTOS]

[LIVE] Anti-Japan rally in Seoul

The Korea Times is live-streaming from 12 p.m. (KST) at an anti-japan protest in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul.

Park Si-soo | 2019-07-24 12:01

Civic group files for order to sell off Mitsubishi assets seized in S. Korea

A civic group supporting Korean victims of wartime forced labor on Tuesday filed an application with a local court against Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to order the sale of the Japanese firm's assets seized in South Korea.The civic group announced the move against the Japanese firm at a press conference in the southwestern city of Gwangju. The application came aft...

2019-07-23 15:41

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