Ben Schreer, Executive Director and Head of European Security and Defence Programme at IISS-Europe, shares his insight on why EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell did not flesh out the bloc's framework to enhance engagement in Asia.
The least problematic way to resolve the dilemma posed by the South Korean Supreme Court’s ruling in 2018 in favour of Korean citizens rounded up to work for Japanese firms during the occupation, he suggests, would be for the governments and industries of both countries to create a fund to provide third-party compensation for the victims of forced labour on behalf of the defendant Japanese companies.