정부 "이르면 다음주 '일본 백색국가 제외' 시행<br /><br />South Korea may officially remove Japan from its list of preferred trading partners as early as next week.<br />At a press briefing Monday, the trade ministry said it is in the final process of revising its strategic material export import control guidelines.<br />The trade ministry had announced the measure in August and the 20 day-public opinion-gathering process ended last Tuesday.<br />Removing Japan from the list would mean stricter conditions for Japanese firms to import strategic goods from South Korea... and a longer approval process from the Korean government.<br />Tokyo, announced new export curbs on Seoul in July, and removed it from its trade whitelist on August 28th, citing an alleged lack of export controls on South Korea's part.<br />
