South Korea's Moon urges Japan to contemplate past, calls for dialogue

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that Japan should look back upon its imperialist past but Seoul will "gladly join hands" if Tokyo chooses dialogue, as the two nations deal with an escalating trade row. In his Liberation Day speech marking Korea's independence from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule, Moon warned the global free trade order may suffer if a country "weaponises" a sector where it has an upper edge. Japan has imposed curbs on exports of some high-tech..