Thousands of Seoul residents took to the streets on August 15, 2019, to protest against Japan’s move to tighten exports of three materials to South Korea that are crucial to making chips and display panels. The move is a retaliation to South Korea’s 2018 Supreme Court order compelling Japanese firms to financially compensate Korean forced labour during World War II. Tokyo condemned that court decision and decided to tighten exports of materials, from July 4, that South Korean company Samsung…