SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will visit Japan next week, his office said on Thursday, as the two neighbours try to ease diplomatic strains over Japan’s wartime atrocities during its 35-year colonial rule.
The visit — the first by a South Korean leader in four years — comes after Seoul announced plans on Monday to compensate Korean victims of Japan’s wartime forced labour without direct involvement of Tokyo. However, the agreement has drawn strong protests from victims’ groups in Korea.
