S.Korean man kills himself as dispute with Japan escalates.
An elderly South Korean man died on Friday after setting himself on fire outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul as a bitter diplomatic dispute over wartime forced labour compensation took a fatal turn.
The late man spoke to an acquaintance on the phone while driving to the Japanese Embassy from his home this morning and told the person that he is"setting fire" because of"his hostility against Japan", a police officer at Seoul's Jongno Police Station told AFP. Taro Kono urged Seoul to"immediately take corrective measures" after South Korea's high court ordered Japanese firms that used forced labour to compensate victims.
"We strongly demand the South Korean government to immediately take corrective measures," Kono said in a visibly tense meeting with the envoy. The move triggered anger in Seoul, but also raised international concern about the effect on the global tech supply chain and the possibility of price hikes for consumers.
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