South Korea is working toward a resolution of the long-pending issue of wartime labor compensation that has soured bilateral relations, a senior official of Japan's Foreign Ministry said Friday, ahead of an impending court ruling in Seoul over the envisioned liquidation of Japanese corporate assets.The official told reporters that he could see "efforts were being made by Yoon Suk Yeol's administration" following a meeting in Tokyo between Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and his South Korean counterpart Lee Sang Ryeol, but did not ela…READ FULL ARTICLE
