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government is currently pushing ahead with the opening of the three-country summit in Seoul within this year: Korea, China and Japan.

However, it was known through Japanese media reports that Japan conveyed to us that it would be impossible to attend the meeting unless the issue of compensation for forced mobilization was resolved.

Even though the government has nothing set, it is a cynical reaction under water.



This is reporter Kim Hye-young.



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Prime Minister Suga's participation in the Korea-China-Japan Summit is impossible, according to the report by the Kyodo News Agency of Japan, unless the Korean government responds appropriately to the Korean court's ruling for compensation for forcible mobilization.



The Korean government must guarantee that the assets of Japanese companies will not be converted into cash, and the Kyodo News Agency said that this has been communicated to the Korean side already at the end of last month.



The Japanese government is attracting the issue of forced mobilization, the biggest issue between Korea and Japan, to attend regular meetings between the three countries.



Japan, who criticized China as being inappropriate when attending meetings was used as a diplomatic card, contained criticism that it was contradictory to Kyodo News because it did the same thing.



However, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs didn't speak at the official event.



[Motegi/Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan: (related to the Korea-China-Japan Summit) Nothing has been decided at this stage, including specific schedules.] In



public remarks, the Korean government also received a so-called lowkey saying that nothing has been set.



[Lee Jae-woong/Deputy Speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: We are working hard to hold the (Korea-China-Japan Summit) within this year.]



But under water, I am cynical.



There were criticisms that the South Korean government was asking the government to in fact undermine the separation of powers, and a high-ranking government official devalued it as "the Japanese government's press play for pressure."



However, as Japan's will has been repeatedly confirmed, it seems difficult to hold the Korea-China-Japan Summit in Seoul within the year the government hopes.



(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)