Dialogue with N. Korea can succeed when disturbing actions are avoided: Pres. Moon 2019-08-19 13:26:12 KST
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Most Popular So far, WTO has ruled in favor of S. Korea in disputes with Japan Of the six disputes between South Korea and Japan brought so far to the World Trade Organization, three of them have been concluded in favor of South Korea. Seoul filed a complaint with the WTO in 2004 calling for Japan to remove its quota on imports of Korean seaweed. South Korea withdrew its complaint two years later when Japan decided to raise the quota. In 2006, Tokyo imposed tariffs of 27 percent on DRAM made by SK Hynix, causing another WTO dispute. The WTO eventually ruled in favor of South Korea in April 2009 and Japan had to lift the tariffs. The most recent dispute settled was about South Korea's ban on imports from Japan's Fukushima region because of radiation in the water. Tokyo claimed Seoul's decision went against the international trade agreement, but the WTO sided with South Korea in April. Then there are three cases in progress all filed by Tokyo. Japan filed a complaint in June 2016, claiming that South Korea's anti-dumping duties imposed on Japanese air pressure control valves violated WTO regulations. And in June last year, Tokyo filed another complaint, accusing Seoul of putting illegal anti-dumping duties on Japanese stainless steel bars. The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body formed a subcommittee in January to deal with that case. Lastly, Japan has claimed that the South Korean government's restructuring measures injecting public funds into the struggling shipbuilding industry violated the WTO's agreement on subsidies. Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News 2019-08-19 Abe administration must own up to Japan's wartime history: Asahi Shimbun Amid heightening tensions between Seoul and Tokyo, Japanese media outlets say the Abe administration should better reflect on the country's wartime atrocities in order to improve their ties. In an editorial published by Asahi Shimbun on Saturday, the newspaper pointed to historical issues as the root cause of the current trade spat, and said Japan made a mistake to engage in economic retaliations. It added the Abe administration needs to uphold promises made by previous governments, and come to terms with Japan's wartime history. Tokyo Shimbun reported the same day that the souring of bilateral ties with Seoul could hurt Japan and that the two sides should resolve the issue through dialogue. 2019-08-18 S. Korea, U.S. to start defense cost-sharing talks soon Officials from South Korea and the U.S. are meeting in Seoul on Tuesday for talks on sharing the cost of stationing American troops on the peninsula. The South Korean foreign ministry's delegate Chang Won-sam will meet his American counterpart Timothy Betts. They were the chief negotiators in the previous talks on the 10th Special Measures Agreement a defense cost-sharing deal signed in March for keeping the roughly 28-thousand U.S. troops stationed in the South. Seoul has agreed to pay nearly 858-million U.S. dollars for 2019. The deal expires this year and talks will start soon on the next deal. Chang and Betts won't be directly involved in negotiations for the 11th SMA new teams will be formed to lead the talks from both sides but they will be exchanging views ahead of that. Some sources say Washington has asked Seoul for nearly 5-billion dollars, which would be a sign that the negotiations are going to be tough. In the meantime, the U.S. Special Representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, will be in Seoul on Tuesday the day the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise wraps up. Before he gets here, he'll be meeting with his counterpart in Japan as well to strengthen coordination with both countries North Korea's complete denuclearization. The North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has told President Trump in a letter that he would like for negotiations to resume as soon as the joint drills are over, raising hopes for some progress in the talks. This Saturday, on August 24,the South Korean government will decide whether or not to terminate its military intelligence sharing pact with Japan amid Tokyo's export restrictions. That pact is automatically renewed every year unless either party notifies the other that it's quitting. Meanwhile, the Japanese foreign ministry said on Monday that the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan Kang Kyung-wha and Taro Kono will sit down for separate bilateral talks on Wednesday in Beijing. They'll both be there for three-way talks with their Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. Kang will be heading for Beijing on Tuesday. Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News. 2019-08-20 Seoul notified Japan of removal from list of trusted trading partners in advance South Korea says it notified Japan of its plan to remove Tokyo from its list of trusted trading partners, before the official announcement was made, and that it's still open to talks if Japan is willing. South Korea's Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yun-mo posted a statement on his Facebook page Friday that the ministry had provided advance notification and an explanation of the measures to Tokyo. He added that South Korea is ready to engage with Tokyo if the Japanese government requires further discussion and clarification on the matter. Sung said his ministry had once again requested its Japanese counterpart to explain its reasons for removing South Korea from its whitelist of preferential trading partners earlier this month. 2019-08-18
