South Korea presses Japan to quickly end export curbs

A worker inspecting a container shipment in a truck carrying goods and driving through the Busan Port Terminal (BPT) at the Port of Busan in Busan, South Korea. South Korea’s Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Japan should take faster measures to lift export curbs on key semiconductor components on Saturday (Feb 14).

SEOUL: South Korea’s Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Japan should take faster measures to lift export curbs on key semiconductor components on Saturday (Feb 14).

Japan should carry out "more visible and sincere steps” to remove the restrictions of such shipments to South Korea, Kang told her Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi at a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.