S. Korea ignores Japan's push for arbitration on wartime labor issue

Japan and South Korea failed to come to the table over a wartime labor dispute, after a deadline on Tokyo's request to establish an arbitration panel came and went Tuesday without a response from Seoul.As ties between the neighboring countries sink to the lowest point in years, Japanese officials say Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to forgo holding talks with South Korean President Moon Jae In on the sidelines of a Group of 20 leaders' summit next week in Osaka.The dispute stems from South Korean court decisions ordering Japanese companies to reimburse victims of forced labor during Japan's…READ FULL ARTICLE