Japan, South Korea to work to normalize chip-making material trade

Japan will hold talks with Seoul on lifting its controls on exports to South Korea of materials for semiconductor manufacturing, the government said Monday, as momentum built toward mending bilateral ties.A Japanese trade ministry official said it is the right time to resume talks on the export curbs imposed in 2019, while the South Korean government notified Japan the same day it will suspend a dispute process at the World Trade Organization over the controls.The steps were taken in the wake of South Korea's announcement Monday of its plan for settling a wartime labor compensation dispute …READ FULL ARTICLE