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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicSouth Korea-Japan ties

Topic: South Korea-Japan ties

South Korean court rules in favour of ‘comfort women,’ orders Japan to compensate damages

Legacy of Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of Korean peninsula remains politically sensitive for both sides, with many surviving ‘comfort women’ still demanding Tokyo’s formal apology.

South Korea says Japan’s plan to release Fukushima radioactive water meets standards

Japan has faced opposition to its plan, both at home and abroad, including from South Korea, despite assurances that the water is safe after being filtered to remove most isotopes.

Japan, South Korea to revive $10 billion currency swap deal for regional financial safety net

The swap deal, originally agreed upon in 2001 as a tool to aid both countries during financial crises, was allowed to expire in 2015 due to diplomatic tensions.

Japan-South Korea hold first finance leaders meeting in 7 yrs, agree to increase cooperation

The resumption comes as Asian policymakers, gathering for the annual ADB meeting this week in the South Korean city of Incheon, discuss regional economic challenges.

South Korea and Japan’s finance ministers to hold first bilateral talks in seven years

Regular annual meetings between the two countries' finance ministers have been suspended since 2016 due to disputes over wartime history.

South Korea & Japan to drop 4-year-old trade dispute as leaders seek common ground

Japan will remove curbs on exports to South Korea of materials for smartphone displays & chips & Seoul will drop a WTO complaint against Tokyo, South Korea's trade ministry said.

South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol to visit Japan – first state visit by a Korean president in 12 yrs

He will hold a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida. The visit will be an important milestone in the development of relations between the two nations, Yoon's office said.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.