Japan, South Korea agree to resolve wartime labor issues early

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday he and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol agreed to work for an early settlement of wartime labor issues that brought down bilateral ties to arguably their lowest point in decades.The deal was struck on the fringes of summits involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its partners in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. It was the first official meeting between leaders of the two countries in almost three years."We will make efforts toward an early resolution of the matters of concern," Kishida told reporters after holding ta…READ FULL ARTICLE