South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he intended to stick to existing agreements with Japan tied to its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, including one on the treatment of Korean women forced to work in its military brothels.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung visits Japan to discuss enhanced security cooperation, meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and addressing strained ties rooted in Japan's colonial history.

President Lee Jae Myung apologized on behalf of the Korean government over an incident framing ethnics Koreans in Japan as spies during the Park Chung Hee administration as he visited Tokyo on Saturday.