The National Council of City Council Chairpersons in South Korea have submitted a draft ordinance that defines specific Japanese companies as “war crimes companies” in local councils in various regions and stipulates the duty to make efforts not to purchase the products. And decided to hold the draft regulations. The five parliaments, such as Seoul, Busan and Gyeonggi-do that have already passed the ordinances, will seek measures that prioritize national interests in terms of trade issues when the ordinances are enforced.
A council official revealed on the 18th. The ordinance proposed that a Japanese company that worked against a Korean peninsula under Japanese rule would be a "war criminal company" and that it would be excluded from the procurement of goods or that a sticker labeled "war criminal company" would be put on the board. What to do. It was pointed out that 284 companies such as Panasonic and Nikon were included in the target and could violate the government procurement agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Korean media reported that the Korean government demanded careful action. (Seoul = Takeda)