South Korea-Japan diplomatic row deepens

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Joyce Lee
Updated July 19 2019 - 5:18pm, first published 12:45pm
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (L) met South Korean Ambassador Nam Gwan Pyo in Tokyo on trade.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (L) met South Korean Ambassador Nam Gwan Pyo in Tokyo on trade.

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has summoned and admonished South Korea's ambassador in a deepening diplomatic row over compensation for Korean wartime forced labour that threatens global supply of memory chips and display screens.

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