SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Japan next week, his office said on Thursday, as the two East Asian neighbors try to ease their diplomatic strains over Tokyo's wartime atrocities during its 35-year colonial rule.
The visit comes days after Seoul announced plans to compensate Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor without Tokyo's direct involvement, which drew strong protests from victims' groups.
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