South Korea expressed "regret" Tuesday over a memorial ceremony organised by Japan to honour victims of wartime forced labour at an infamous mine, including many Koreans, saying Tokyo had not met the ...

Kyodo News corrected an article that had erroneously said Akiko Ikuina, a parliamentary vice foreign minister, visited ...

Japan stressed the importance of cooperation and close communication with South Korea amid the latest conflict over a memorial event for Korean victims of forced labor during ...

Asian neighbors, South Korea and Japan continue strained relations due to their history. The South Korean government ...

Kyodo News mistakenly reported that Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Akiko Ikuina visited Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, 2022, ...

SEOUL: The South Korean government held its own ceremony in Japan to honour Korean forced labour victims from an old Japanese ...

SADO, Japan (AP) — Japanese officials have held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, listed in July as a ...

SADO, Japan — South Korea paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan's Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ...

South Korea held its own memorial event for victims of forced labor during World War II, sidestepping a Japanese-organized event amidst ongoing tensions. The diplomatic incident arose over a disputed ...

By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -After boycotting a memorial event organised by Tokyo, South Korea held its own on Monday to ...

The Korean government's boycott of a memorial service held on Sado island in Japan on Sunday for Koreans forced into labor in gold mines on the island during its colonial rule of Korea stemmed from ...

Lost opportunity Korea must press Japan's on forced labor. A planned memorial to jointly honor the sacrifices of forced wartime laborers, including Koreans, ultimately fell throug ...