Calls for Boycott of Japan Grow in South Korea as Diplomatic Row Simmers

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Calls for Boycott of Japan Grow in South Korea as Diplomatic Row Simmers

July 5, 2019, at 1:45 a.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Calls in South Korea for a boycott of Japanese goods in response to Tokyo's curbs on the export of high-tech material to South Korea picked up on Friday, as a dispute over compensation for forced wartime labor roiled ties between the U.S. allies.


It is the latest flashpoint in a relationship long over-shadowed by South Korean resentment of Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of the Korean peninsula, in particular South Korean "comfort women", a Japanese euphemism for women forced to work in Japanese military brothels before and during World War Two.


Japan apologized to the women as part of a 2015 deal and provided a 1 billion yen ($9.4 million) fund to help them.

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https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-07-05/calls-for-boycott-of-japan-grow-in-south-korea-as-labor-row-simmers

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