Los Angeles Times (August 17)
2019/ 08/ 19 by jd in Global News
“More than seven decades later, the dispute over who should pay for the suffering…is at the heart of a downward spiral in relations between South Korea and Japan that has spawned a trade war and ignited massive protests and boycotts in South Korea,” putting much at risk. “An $80-billion bilateral trade relationship is in jeopardy, as is a military information-sharing agreement between the two countries that has been valuable for the U.S. and its allies against the North Korean threat.”
Tags: Bilateral trade, Boycotts, Dispute, Downward spiral, Japan, Jeopardy, North Korea, Protests, South Korea, Suffering, Threat, Trade war, U.S.