Korea protests exempted from preferential countries Also emphasized preparations for appeal to WTO August 28, 12:34

The Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested by calling the Ambassador Nagahama, who was stationed in Korea, about the enforcement of a government decree to remove South Korea from the preferential countries for export control. Prime Minister Lee Na Kyung also held a cabinet meeting and stressed that preparations for the appeal to the WTO = World Trade Organization will be made without delay.

The Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Ambassador Nagahama, who was stationed in Korea at around 11:30 am, on the 28th that a government ordinance that excluded South Korea from the preferential countries for export control came into force.

Prior to this, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Na-gyeong, on the morning of the 28th, gathered the relevant ministers and held a cabinet meeting. Criticized the Japanese government's response.

On top of that, he said, “We will continue to proceed with appeals to the WTO in order to provide Japan with unfair economic retaliation.”

The Korean government has already announced on the 2nd of this month that it is urgently preparing for a lawsuit against the WTO as a countermeasure against Japan, and emphasized that it will continue to proceed with the lawsuit.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Lee said, “Japan will continue to seek dialogue in good faith in order to restore Korea-Japan relations without further exacerbating the situation,” reiterating his desire to overcome the situation through diplomacy. It was.

Korean newspapers also widely convey that a government ordinance that removes Korea from export-preferential countries has been enforced.

Among them, the economic newspaper “Mainichi Keizai Shimbun” published an article on the front page with the headline “Japan forced Korea exclusion”, “The Korean industry is worried that it will suffer from uncertainties. "

In addition, the Korean side has taken measures such as notifying the destruction of the Comprehensive Military Information Protection Agreement = “GSOMIA” and says that “the conflict between the two countries is expected to deepen further”.

“The Korean side can take appropriate measures prepared by the Korean side” as the story of the Korean government officials pointed out the possibility of the Korean government taking counter measures The

In addition, the main newspaper “Toa Nippo” is an editorial that states that if Prime Minister Lee Na Kyung withdraws the exemption from the preferential countries, the idea of ​​reconsidering “GSOMIA” will be reviewed. `` It is not easy to fill the distrust between the two countries, but we must continue efforts to restart various channels and find diplomatic solutions. '' I tell you.

Secretary of the Secretary of War

Regarding the fact that a government ordinance that removes South Korea from the preferential countries for export control has been enforced, the secretary of the secretary over the press conference reemphasized that it was just a review of the operation of the export control system, and over the so-called “recruitment” Including the problems, he continued to seek sensible responses from the Korean side.

In this, the Secretary of Secretary said, “The recent review of export control is a review of operations necessary for the proper implementation of Japan's export control system from a security perspective.”

And regarding Japan-Korea relations, “The biggest problem is the“ recruitment ”problem, and the negative and irrational movements from the Korean side have continued one after another. There is no change in the idea of ​​continually demanding sensible responses from the Korean side based on a consistent position. "

On top of that, he said, “I want to continue to urgently seek to resolve the violations of international law created by the Korean side.”