S. Korea intel chief meets with Japan PM Suga: diplomatic source
May 13, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrives at his office in Tokyo on May 13, 2021. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) Visiting South Korean intelligence chief Park Jie Won met with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday, a diplomatic source said, the meeting coming at a time when relations between their nations remain strained. South Korea s Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday the head of the National Intelligence Service conveyed to Suga during the meeting the need to improve bilateral ties and his nation s intention to work to that end, and the Japanese leader echoed the need.
South Korea expresses hope for holding summit with Japan to improve ties Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held telephone talks in September last year. But the two neighbors have not held an in-person summit since December 2019 when Suga s predecessor, Shinzo Abe, and Moon met in China. | POOL / AFP-JIJI
Kyodo May 13, 2021
South Korea has expressed hope for holding a summit with Japan, as visiting South Korean intelligence chief Park Jie-won met with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, a source said Thursday.
Japan and South Korea foreign ministers meet but remain apart on key issues Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi takes part in a trilateral meeting with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts on the sidelines of the G7 foreign ministers meeting in London on Wednesday. | POOL / VIA AFP-JIJI
Kyodo May 6, 2021
London – The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea held their first talks in more than a year amid soured bilateral ties, but failed to narrow gaps over issues involving wartime history and Tokyo’s decision to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his South Korean counterpart Chung Eui Yong remain at odds over issues involving wartime history and Tokyo s decision to release treated radioactive water into sea.