Korea faces mounting calls for economic coalition with Japan

Korea faces mounting calls for economic coalition with Japan – The Korea TimesKim Hyun-chong, left, then-deputy trade minister, shakes hands with Ichiro Fujisaki, Japan’s deputy minister for economic affairs, during the first round of negotiations for the Korea-Japan free trade agreement (FTA) in Seoul, Dec. 22, 2003. Since the sixth round of negotiations in November 2004, the two countries have not resumed the FTA talks. Korea Times fileGo to Top