S.Korea's Moon calls for Japan's Suga to find optimal solution to WWII forced labor issue

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday called for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to find an optimal solution to the issue on South Korean victims who were forced into heavy labor by the Imperial Japan during World War II, according to the presidential Blue House.

Moon had phone talks with Suga, who took office last week, for 20 minutes from 11:00 a.m. local time on Thursday, exchanging opinions on ways to develop Seoul-Tokyo relations and situations on the Korean Peninsula.

The South Korean president told the Japanese premier that it is true that there are different positions between the two countries over the forced labor issue, but Moon expressed hope to jointly find an optimal solution that both governments and all parties involved can accept.