TOKYO - South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered the olive branch of dialogue with Japan on Saturday (Aug 15) amid rapidly chilling relations but an imminent breakthrough seems unlikely given that neither is willing to budge on positions they hold steadfast.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO - South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered the olive branch of dialogue with Japan on Saturday amid rapidly chilling relations but an imminent breakthrough seems unlikely given that neither is willing to budge on positions they hold steadfast.
"The door ... remains wide open. My administration is ready to sit down with Japan at any time to discuss these issues."Under the agreement, which resolved"completely and finally" the issue of wartime compensation, Japan gave South Korea US$500 million in grants and low-interest loans. The Sunday Times understands that neither is willing to take their differences to an arbitration panel, as doing so would amount to an admission that the other party has a case.
Tokyo asserts that it has unanswered security concerns, accusing Seoul of lax controls over materials that have potential for misuse to build weapons of mass destruction.
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