Japan, South Korea agree on importance of solving wartime labor row

Foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea reaffirmed the importance of solving a bilateral dispute over wartime labor compensation when they briefly met in Madrid on Sunday evening, a senior Japanese official said.Toshimitsu Motegi and Kang Kyung Wha held talks for around 10 minutes before dinner in the Spanish capital on the sidelines of a ministerial conference of Asian and European countries, as bilateral tensions remain over the wartime labor issue.Kang called for the quick withdrawal of the stricter regulations Japan imposed on exports to its Asian neighbor of materials needed to manu…READ FULL ARTICLE