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Japan should compromise to mend ties with Korea President Moon Jae-in has made a conciliatory gesture toward Japan to mend soured ties with Tokyo. In a nationally televised speech marking the March 1 Independence Movement Day, he said that Korea was ready to discuss strengthening cooperation with Japan. However, it is hard to expect a breakthrough any time soon because the Asian neighbor shows n..

Korea, Japan should look for negotiated solution Prime Minister Lee Nakyon is scheduled to begin a three-day visit to Tokyo on Tuesday to attend Japanese Emperor Naruhito's coronation. Lee's visit is drawing attention because he is expected to try to break the ice in the frosty relations between Korea and Japan. Lee will be the highest-level Korean official to visit our Asian ..

Seoul-Tokyo ties feared to aggravate further Last week's Cabinet reshuffle by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is raising concerns that he is moving Japan further to the right because he appointed his conservative allies as ministers. By filling most of the lineup with hard-liners, Abe is likely to keep or toughen his strong position in the ongoing trade dispute with South K..

Seoul should prove Tokyo violates free trade rules South Korea has decided to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Japan for its discriminatory trade measures. The decision comes 69 days after Tokyo imposed export restrictions on three key materials which are crucial for Korean companies making semiconductors and display panels. For Seoul, it is ine..

Economy should be put on crisis management mode SK hynix has decided to reduce its production of memory chips. The decision by the world's second-largest semiconductor maker is aimed at weathering the continuous price drops resulting from a supply glut through an output cut. SK will curtail the production of DRAMs from the fourth quarter of this year. SK had a 25.8 percent of ..

Japan should not remove Korea from 'white list' The ongoing trade dispute between South Korea and Japan is expected to take a turn for the worse. This is because the Japanese government is determined to remove Korea from a list of countries entitled to preferential treatment for trade. The removal, if implemented, could deal a far worse blow to the Korean economy than Japan's ..