日 정부, 강제징용 배상 판결 관련 한국에 중재위 개최 요청<br /><br />Japan has requested for the forced labor ruling dispute with South Korea to be settled through arbitration by a third party<br />Seoul's foreign affairs ministry confirmed Monday, that Tokyo made such a request earlier in the day.<br />This comes as Seoul has not yet given a clear answer to Tokyo's request for talks on the matter. <br />In their 1965 agreement, which normalized diplomatic ties, Seoul and Tokyo agreed to hold talks or an arbitration if there is an issue regarding the agreement.<br />However, the arbitration by a third party cannot take place unless accepted by both sides.<br />Last year, South Korea's Supreme Court ordered Japanese companies to compensate the Koreans they forced to work for them before and during World War II.<br />But with the Japanese firms refusing to do so, the victims, earlier in the month, requested that the court force the sale of the firms' local assets. <br />
