Senior diplomats from Japan and South Korea ¡°made limited progress¡± in wartime labor talks was the gist of a Kyodo news report The Japan Times ran at the end of January.
The article was based on remarks made by Seo Min-jung, director-general of the South Korean Foreign Ministry¡¯s Asia and Pacific Affairs Bureau, after she met her Japanese counterpart, Takehiro Funakoshi, in Seoul recently.
She reportedly said ¡°further discussion would be needed to secure a ¡®sincere response¡¯ from¡± Japan and ¡°The main point of the sincere response is an apology and contribution¡± from the Japanese companies concerned, adding that ¡°there is still a gap in opinions between the two nations over the issue¡± of the CWKs (former civilian workers from the Korean Peninsula.)
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