- South Korea has a plan to end its forced-labour feud with Japan, which America hopes will solidify a united front against China.
- The plan is for a compensation fund, filled mostly or entirely by South Korea’s government, to be given to victims of Japanese wartime forced labour or their surviving relatives.
- Japanese firms may voluntarily contribute to the fund.
- Japan’s government will reissue a 'deep remorse and heartfelt apology' for the 'tremendous damage and suffering' caused by Japanese colonial occupation of Korea, 1910-1945.
- South Korea and Japan have also agreed to bilateral talks on lifting controls on exports of materials for semiconductor manufacturing to South Korea.
South Korea has a plan to end its forced-labour feud with Japan
America hopes it will solidify a united front against China | Asia
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