South Korea halts its World Trade Organization complaint concerning Japan's tightened export controls of key chemicals South Korea uses for computer chips and displays. 2019-11-22
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
Japan, South Korea and the United States agree to boost multilateral military cooperation and defense issues. 2019-11-15
South Korean government officials announce that Japan and the United States are interested in renewing the GSOMIA pact between Japan and South Korea to maintain bilateral cooperation between the two nations in defense issues. 2019-11-14
Japan and South Korea hold a high-level bilateral meeting for the first time since the trade dispute, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe meeting with his counterpart Lee Nak-yeon. 2019-10-24
Foreign ministry officials from Japan and South Korea meet in Seoul to discuss wartime forced labor and trade dispute 2019-10-16
South Korea officially removes Japan from its "whitelist" of countries with fast-track trade status. 2019-09-18
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