Japan approves further exports of high-tech material to South Korea - sources
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SEOUL (Reuters) - Japan has approved shipments of a high-tech material to South Korea for the second time since imposing export curbs last month, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, ahead of talks this week to resolve the dispute. Relations between the two U.S. allies worsened late last year as part of a decades-old row over compensation for forced labourers during Japan's wartime occupation. In early July, Japan tightened controls on shipments of three materials used in chips..