Seoul seeks US backing over trade war
(WorldNews South Korea)

President Moon Jae-in moves along after shaking hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the G20 meeting in Osaka, Japan, on June 28. Yonhap By Lee Min-hyung Calls are growing for the United States to intervene in the deepening trade friction between South Korea and Japan after Japan`s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe imposed new restrictions on exports that could hurt South Korea`s tech industry. Thoughts are that if tensions continue to escalate, cooperation outside bilateral economic relations such as coordinating `in efforts to handle and manage the North Korean nuclear conflict and other regional threats` may become challenging. Also, given that South Korea has so...