일본경제침략대책특위, 외신기자간담회서 "日 경제 침략, 안보리 회부 정부에 요청할 것"<br /><br />Now South Korean lawmakers are gearing up efforts to tackle Japan's export curbs to Korea by raising global awareness on the issue.<br />A ruling party led committee to tackle Japan's economic retaliation held a press conference addressing the foreign press today.<br />The group of lawmakers that went to Washington is also set to begin talks with their counterparts in the coming hours.<br />Kim Mok-yeon has this report.<br />The ruling Democratic Party's Special Committee on the Japanese Economic Aggression held a press conference with foreign correspondents on Thursday to raise awareness of the unfairness of Japan's export curbs.<br />Speaking at the Seoul Foreign Correspondent's Club in central Seoul, committee chief and ruling Democratic Party lawmaker Choi Jae-sung said that Japan's retaliation is groundless.<br />Japan has been citing several issues including a supposed loss of trust over wartime disputes, an alleged inability on the part of South Korea to control strategic materials, and a review by Japan of the way it manages its exports.<br />The four-term lawmaker said Japan is disrupting the global value chain and the international economic order, and that Japan will have to pay a price at the international level.<br />"Japan has already imposed export restrictions on key materials. Our committee will ask the Korean government to refer Japan to the UN Security Council."<br />The committee also questioned Japan's qualifications to host the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, citing the Olympic philosophy of peace.<br />They demanded that Japan immediately withdraw the existing export restrictions and its plan to exclude South Korea from its whitelist of trusted importers.<br />Meanwhile, over in Washington, a delegation of South Korean lawmakers are working to express Seoul's concerns there.<br />On Thursday local time, the delegation will meet with Senator Tom Cotton, who is known to be close to President Trump, and Representative Ted Yoho, a ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation.<br />The following day, the delegation will participate on a biannual debate with their counterparts from the U.S. and Japan on economic and diplomatic issues.<br />There the lawmakers are set to deliver a resolution unanimously signed by parliament's foreign affairs and unification committee calling for Japan to withdraw its trade curbs.<br />Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang News.<br />
