[Photo] National Assembly passes resolution calling for withdrawal of export controls

On July 22, the South Korean National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee unanimously passed a resolution to demand that Japan retract its export controls. In the resolution, the committee referred to Japan as causing deliberate damage to the foundations of South Korea-Japan relations and called for the South Korean government to look for solutions to repairing the diplomatic relationship. A South Korean delegation is also scheduled to meet with US officials in Washington on July 24 to explain Seoul’s position regarding the punitive export controls. The photo shows demonstrators protesting the export controls in Seoul on July 20. (Kim Gyoung-ho, staff photographer)