Ties hit fresh lows after 2018 rulings by the South Korean Supreme Court ordered two Japanese firms to pay damages over forced labor under Japan's occupation of the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea announces its solution to a wartime labor compensation dispute with Japan as momentum builds on both sides toward mending bilateral ties that have soured over the longstanding issue.
A South Korean government's solution to a wartime labor issue with Japan is realistic but unlikely to fundamentally fix the long-standing thorny problem between the two countries, foreign affairs experts say.
The South Korean government plans to announce its solution to a wartime labor compensation dispute with Japan on March 6, according to diplomatic sources.