The High Court of Seoul, South Korea, orders Japan to pay compensation of ₩200 million (around 22 million or US$154,000) to 16 comfort women, overturning a previous ruling that denied the women's claims due to sovereign immunity. 2023-11-23
South Korea's finance minister Hong Nam-ki presses Japan to take steps to lift its export restrictions. 2019-11-20
Officials from Japan and South Korea hold their second round of trade talks as part of the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement process. 2019-11-19
South Korean President Moon Jae-in hold a 11-minute conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe at ASEAN summit in Bangkok. 2019-11-4
South Korea officially removes Japan from its "whitelist" of countries with fast-track trade status. 2019-09-18
South Korea announces it will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization over Japanese government export controls. 2019-09-11
South Korea decides against extending the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). South Korean officials express that the exclusion from Japan's preferred trade list on 12 August eliminated any benefit to maintaining the agreement. 2019-08-22
In a tit-for-tat move, South Korea removes Japan from its preferred trade list. 2019-08-12
Japan and South Korea agree to 'irreversibly' resolve a long-running dispute over Korean women the Japanese military used as sex slaves during World War II. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe will issue a formal apology to the so-called "comfort women." Tokyo will set up an aid fund of about 1 billion yen ($8.3 million). 2015-12-28