Posted : 2021-01-08 16:45
Updated : 2021-01-09 09:30
Korean ambassador to Japan Nam Gwan-pyo is surrounded by journalists at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, Friday. He was summoned by the ministry after a Korean court ordered Japan to compensate Korean women who were forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II. / Yonhap
By Jun Ji-hye
A Korean court ruling Friday ordering Japan to pay damages to Korean victims of wartime sex slavery is expected to aggravate the already frayed relations between Seoul and Tokyo.
The two have been at odds over history-related issues, and matters were exacerbated after Japan imposed export restrictions on materials needed by Korean firms. The move was an act of retaliation imposed after the Supreme Court here in 2018 ordered two Japanese companies to compensate surviving Korean victims of wartime forced labor.
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