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Japan likely to pass bill striking S. Korea off export whitelist: ministryJul 30, 2019Japan is highly likely to pass a bill later this week to remove South Korea from its "whitelist" of trusted trade partners, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, in what would be an additional economic ... -
Japan calls South Korea's rejection of arbitration offer 'very regrettable'Jul 19, 2019Japan called in South Korea's ambassador to the country and filed a protest on Friday after Seoul rejected its call for an arbitration panel on wartime forced labor, with the escalating row showing s... -
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Japan rejects S. Korea's offer to hold talks to resolve export curbsJul 9, 2019Japan on Tuesday rejected South Korea's call for negotiations to resolve a row over Tokyo's export restrictions against the South, saying it has no intention of lifting the curbs and the issue is not... -
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US Embassy in Seoul removes rainbow flag amid speculation of Washington's disapprovalJun 10, 2019A rainbow flag symbolizing sexual minorities has been taken down from the US Embassy building in Seoul amid a news report that the State Department has adopted a new policy to reject all requests to ... -
Moon orders launch of emergency response team on Hungary boat sinkingMay 30, 2019South Korean President Moon Jae-in instructed the government Thursday to use every possible means to rescue South Korean tourists, whose boat capsized in Budapest, Hungary, in cooperation with the lo... -
Seoul urges Tokyo to accept WTO's ruling on Fukushima seafood banMay 24, 2019South Korea's trade minister has urged Japan to accept the World Trade Organization's decision that upheld Seoul's import restrictions on Japanese seafood following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaste... -
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