South Korea Japan Disputes

A South Korean court on Thursday ordered Japan to compensate 16 women over wartime forced sexual slavery, overturning a lower-court ruling that had dismissed the case.

North Korea appears to be preparing for its third attempt this year at launching a reconnaissance satellite, a move that may prove as controversial as the nuclear-armed country's weapons tests.

Japan will restore South Korea to a list of trusted trade partners in July, the government said Tuesday, reversing its 2019 removal during a dispute over historical forced labour.

Japan's vice foreign minister pulled out of a planned news conference with his South Korean and US counterparts in Washington on Wednesday over a territorial dispute between the two US allies, a Japanese Embassy spokesperson said.

Hyundai Motor Co's unionized workers in South Korea voted on Monday to accept the lowest bonus offered in nearly two decades amid widespread restructuring in the auto industry and a damaging trade dispute with Japan.

SK Hynix warned of a supply disruption due to an escalating trade dispute between South Korea and Japan, and said it would cut investment and production to support a nascent recovery in chip demand.

A South Korean man died on Friday after setting himself on fire in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, police said, amid ongoing trade and diplomatic disputes with Tokyo.

Memory chip spot prices have risen for the first time this year, indicating grim warnings of "never seen before" spikes and a supply disruption could come to pass as a dispute between South Korea and Japan drags on.

Tokyo has lodged an objection that dessert which will be served at the inter-Korean summit has been decorated with a Korean peninsula map that includes disputed islands with Japan.

The RCEP countries cover 45 per cent of the world population and more than $21 trillion combined GDP. Among the nations in RCEP, 10 are ASEAN countries along with China, India, Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand.

Some 200 Japanese nationalists lashed out today at an agreement to settle a dispute with South Korea about wartime sex slaves, with some calling on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to kill himself in shame.

South Korea and Japan fight over a group of guano-covered rocky islets in the sea between them. They argue over their recollections of history in the first half of the 20th century, when Japan colonized the Korean Peninsula.

South Korean and Japanese officials held their first talks today since their leaders agreed to seek a speedy resolution in a long-running dispute over Korean women forced into wartime sexual slavery.

The leaders of South Korea and Japan broke an extended diplomatic freeze today with a rare summit that saw agreement on trying to resolve sensitive historical disputes that have tainted ties for decades.

South Korea and Japan marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties today with a push to mend relations strained by a territorial dispute and a feud over Japan's wartime past.

A South Korean court on Thursday ordered Japan to compensate 16 women over wartime forced sexual slavery, overturning a lower-court ruling that had dismissed the case.

North Korea appears to be preparing for its third attempt this year at launching a reconnaissance satellite, a move that may prove as controversial as the nuclear-armed country's weapons tests.

Japan will restore South Korea to a list of trusted trade partners in July, the government said Tuesday, reversing its 2019 removal during a dispute over historical forced labour.

Japan's vice foreign minister pulled out of a planned news conference with his South Korean and US counterparts in Washington on Wednesday over a territorial dispute between the two US allies, a Japanese Embassy spokesperson said.

Hyundai Motor Co's unionized workers in South Korea voted on Monday to accept the lowest bonus offered in nearly two decades amid widespread restructuring in the auto industry and a damaging trade dispute with Japan.

SK Hynix warned of a supply disruption due to an escalating trade dispute between South Korea and Japan, and said it would cut investment and production to support a nascent recovery in chip demand.

A South Korean man died on Friday after setting himself on fire in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, police said, amid ongoing trade and diplomatic disputes with Tokyo.

Memory chip spot prices have risen for the first time this year, indicating grim warnings of "never seen before" spikes and a supply disruption could come to pass as a dispute between South Korea and Japan drags on.

Tokyo has lodged an objection that dessert which will be served at the inter-Korean summit has been decorated with a Korean peninsula map that includes disputed islands with Japan.

The RCEP countries cover 45 per cent of the world population and more than $21 trillion combined GDP. Among the nations in RCEP, 10 are ASEAN countries along with China, India, Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand.

Some 200 Japanese nationalists lashed out today at an agreement to settle a dispute with South Korea about wartime sex slaves, with some calling on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to kill himself in shame.

South Korea and Japan fight over a group of guano-covered rocky islets in the sea between them. They argue over their recollections of history in the first half of the 20th century, when Japan colonized the Korean Peninsula.

South Korean and Japanese officials held their first talks today since their leaders agreed to seek a speedy resolution in a long-running dispute over Korean women forced into wartime sexual slavery.

The leaders of South Korea and Japan broke an extended diplomatic freeze today with a rare summit that saw agreement on trying to resolve sensitive historical disputes that have tainted ties for decades.

South Korea and Japan marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties today with a push to mend relations strained by a territorial dispute and a feud over Japan's wartime past.