한일, 내일 외교부 국장급 회담 개최…강제징용 문제 논의
South Korea and Japan will meet in Seoul on Thursday,... to discuss issues that are hurting their bilateral ties.
According to the foreign ministry,... Director-General for Northeast Asian Affairs, Kim Yong-kil... will meet his Tokyo counterpart, Kenji Kanasugi,... mainly to exchange views on the South Korean court rulings ordering Japanese companies to compensate Koreans for their unpaid labor during World War Two.
The meeting comes amid recent reports that Tokyo is considering raising tariffs on South Korean imports,... and bringing the case to the International Court of Justice, after Seoul did not respond to demands for an inter-governmental discussion on the matter.
