RCEP: Hopes that first trade pact between Japan and South Korea will thaw relations | Video
South Korea will have its first free trade agreement with Japan when the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) comes into effect in February. Bilateral relations have fallen to their lowest point in decades due to disputes over wartime history, but there are hopes that closer trade ties under RCEP could pave the way for a thaw. Lim Yun Suk reports.
South Korea will have its first free trade agreement with Japan when the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) comes into effect in February. Bilateral relations have fallen to their lowest point in decades due to disputes over wartime history, but there are hopes that closer trade ties under RCEP could pave the way for a thaw. Lim Yun Suk reports.