South Korea's defence ministry will look at strengthening security cooperation with Japan and US. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - South Korea’s defence ministry said on Tuesday it would work with Japan to enhance security cooperation after Seoul’s proposal toSouth Korea said on Monday that its companies would compensate such victims of forced labour, seeking to end a dispute that has undercut US-led efforts to present a unified front against China and North Korea.
He said a dispute over a South Korean destroyer’s alleged radar lock on a Japanese patrol plane in 2018 was not related to the forced labour issue, and that the ministry’s stance remained unchanged. The alleged radar incident was one of a list of issues that has clouded the neighbours’ relations, which plunged to their lowest point in decades after South Korea’s Supreme Court in 2018 ordered Japanese firms to pay reparations to former forced labourers.
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