South Korean leader offers olive branch to Japan on liberation day

South Korean leader offers olive branch to Japan on liberation day
South Korea Liberation Day

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has offered talks with Japan to resolve a bitter feud over wartime grievances as the nation celebrated the 75th anniversary of its liberation from Japanese colonial rule at the end of the Second World War.

In a nationally televised speech, Mr Moon said that his government has “left the door of consultations wide open” for Japan to settle a long legal and diplomatic dispute over compensation for Koreans who had been subjected to forced labour at mines, factories and other sites.

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