SoKor rejects Japan’s call for arbitration

A police officer stands guard near Japanese and South Korean national flags at a hotel, where the South Korean embassy in Japan is holding a reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the normalization of ties between Seoul and Tokyo, in Tokyo, June 22, 2015. REUTERS
A police officer stands guard near Japanese and South Korean national flags at a hotel, where the South Korean embassy in Japan is holding a reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the normalization of ties between Seoul and Tokyo, in Tokyo, June 22, 2015. REUTERS

SEOUL  – South Korea on Friday rejected Japan’s call for third-party arbitration over a court ruling last year ordering Japanese companies to pay compensation for using South Korean forced labor during World War Two.

Japan had set Thursday as a deadline for South Korea to accept the proposal in a deepening feud over wartime forced labor, which has led to Tokyo imposing export curbs on high-tech materials to South Korea.

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono renewed a call for South Korea to take steps to resolve the dispute, telling Seoul’s ambassador to Tokyo its position violated international law. (Reuters)

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