THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 5, 2023 at 19:17 JST
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, right, meets Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at an ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh on Nov. 13, 2022. (Provided by the Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
South Korea is making final tweaks to a plan that could finally resolve the contentious issue of compensating Korean laborers who worked for Japanese businesses during World War II, sources from both countries said. [Read More]
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