Yoon Yoon-soo, chairman of the Fila Holdings Corp. and Acushnet Holdings Corp., has been named this year's winner of the General James A. Van Fleet Award in recognition of his contributions to Korean-US relations, according to the Korea Society on Wednesday. The Korea Society highlighted Yoon's involvement in founding and advising the Korea-US Alliance Foundation and the Korea Defense Veterans Association i.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida should show reciprocal steps in response to Seoul s efforts to compensate Korean victims of Japan s wartime forced labor, according to analysts, who pointed out that the Korean public will keenly watch his remarks on the issue in the upcoming summit with President Yoon Suk Yeol.