Korean Air to cut flights to Japan as diplomatic row hits demand

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Korean Air to cut flights to Japan as diplomatic row hits demand
Reuters July 29 2:49pm

SEOUL: Korean Air Lines will suspend its flights between the South Korean city of Busan and Japan's Sapporo from Sep 3 because of falling demand amid a worsening diplomatic and economic row between the two neighbours.

Last month, Japan tightened controls of exports of high-tech materials to South Korea, in apparent retaliation for a South Korean court ruling over wartime forced labour. Such disputes have prompted a widespread boycott of Japanese products and services, from beer to clothes and travel in South Korea....

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Not much more at link. Korean travelers are about 24 percent of foreign visitors to Japan. Number two after China. News broadcasts from South Korea indicate that some businesses in smaller cities and towns in Japan are worried about the economic impact of the South Korean boycott movement.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/korean-air-cut-flights-to-japan-south-korea-busan-sapporo-11762404

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1. Oh no.

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