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Japan and Korea end trade dispute

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee arrive at Tokyo International Airport on Thursday for the first official visit to Japan by a South Korean leader in four years. (Photo: AFP)

TOKYO: Japan will end export controls on materials for semiconductors destined for South Korea, and Seoul will withdraw a complaint filed with the World Trade Organization, the countries announced on Thursday.

Trade ministries from the two sides made the announcement as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kidshida, intended to rebuild ties between the two neighbours.

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