South Korea's foreign minister warned on Thursday that if Japan removes Sou...
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha meets her Japanese counterpart Taro Kono during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, August 1, 2019. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Relations between Japan and South Korea are arguably at their lowest ebb since they normalized ties in 1965, with a spiraling diplomatic and trade row threatening to disrupt the global supply of semiconductors and undercut crucial security cooperation on North Korea. The meeting was the highest-level talks since Japan tightened curbs last month on exports to South Korea of high-tech materials, accusing its neighbor of inadequate management of sensitive items.
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