MUNICH -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korean counterpart Park Jin, meeting on Saturday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, exchanged views on reaching a final solution for the unresolved issue of former wartime requisitioned workers from the Korean Peninsula, the most pressing matter currently between the two countries.
Hayashi and Park also confirmed a policy of close cooperation in dealing with North Korea.
The discussion between the two officials regarding lawsuits filed by former wartime requisitioned workers raised the issue to a higher political level as Tokyo and Seoul attempt to finally put it behind them.
