S.Korea to halt WTO dispute process while discussing Japan’s export curbs

SEOUL: South Korea will halt a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute process sparked by a complaint against Japan as the two countries discuss Japan’s export curbs on high-tech materials to South Korea, the two countries’ trade ministries said on Monday.

In July 2019, Japan imposed export curbs on materials used in smartphone displays and chips amid a decades-old row with Seoul about South Koreans who said they were forced to work under Japan’s 1910-1945 occupation of Korea.