Nuclear envoys of S. Korea, Japan hold talks over NK denuclearization
The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and Japan met Monday to discuss ongoing efforts to denuclearize North Korea amid tensions in the bilateral ties caused by historical and other sensitive issues.
Lee Do-hoon, Seoul's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, held talks with his Japanese counterpart Kenji Kanasugi.
Later in the day, Kim Yong-kil, director-general for Northeast Asian affairs at Seoul's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will meet Kanasugi for talks over bilateral relations. Kanasugi also serves as director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.
Their talks come amid a spat over the recent rulings by Korea's Supreme Court that two Japanese firms should compensate Koreans forced to toil at their factories during World War II.
Japan has strongly protested the rulings, saying all reparation-related issues were settled in a 1965 deal to normalize bilateral diplomatic relations. Tokyo colonized the Korean Peninsula from 1910-45.
Tensions flared anew last week as Tokyo claimed that a South Korean warship directed its fire-control radar at Japan's maritime patrol aircraft Thursday.
Seoul rejected the claim, saying Tokyo misunderstood its naval operation to help a North Korean ship drifting near a sea border in the East Sea.
"Our military carried out a normal operation for the humanitarian rescue operation, and it has never taken any step that would make the Japanese side feel threatened," Col. Lee Jin-woo, the deputy spokesman of Seoul's defense ministry, told reporters. (Yonhap)
-
22 Unusual Things You Can Find in the DesertScott Walker was flanked on all sides: The Wisconsin governor was crowded out of the GOP primary.Pompeo expects 'good marker' with North Korea next month清香农产:“粤清香”品牌香飘全球,生产基地分布全国Norris stuns Verstappen at Dutch GPKoreas in talks over crossUS nuclear envoy to visit Seoul for talks with NK over summitSpotify starts hiding song lyrics behind paywall厚植精神文明沃土 培树司法文明新风渔公子|三水鳜鱼,有种有料
下一篇:DNC 2024 speech: Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have a superpower no other Democrat has.
- ·Unionized hospital workers pull out from strike
- ·Ceballos wants to prove himself to brilliant Arteta at Arsenal
- ·It's appropriate that the internet actually broke on Kim Kardashian's birthday
- ·Hillary Clinton got email updates about Anthony Weiner's (first) penis saga.
- ·How much for Oasis tickets? Fans joke about splurging on reunion shows
- ·普及金融知识 丰富金融生活
- ·企业请进门 合作面对面
- ·[Chronology] Key developments leading to 2nd Trump
- ·Wordle today: The answer and hints for August 27
- ·Crocodiles: PBS Gorongosa program has many of them.
- ·渔公子|养蟹是场“豪赌”
- ·Build your own Shark FlexStyle and save 21%
- ·护航孩子成长 解决职工后顾之忧
- ·“新车6年免检”9月1日起实施
- ·Facebook is testing out a new feature that feels very, very Reddit
- ·Kylie Jenner finally explains why she mistook a pig for a chicken
- ·23 Peculiar Places of 2023
- ·Best Dyson deal: Save $130 on a refurbished Dyson V11 at Walmart
- ·iPad Air 2024: 2 new features that iPad Air 2022 doesn't have
- ·Ted Cruz is officially the most cynical man in the presidential race.
- ·Best smart home deals this week at Amazon
- ·石棉县回隆彝族乡全域重建 确保重建成果切实惠民
- ·宝兴县第二批全国水土保持监督管理能力县建设通过复验
- ·10个典型村大比拼!江门鹤山举办“百千万工程”典型村擂台比武活动
- ·The Wonderful World of Christmas Trees
- ·Yogi Berra dies: Yankees catcher was 90.
- ·Tesla considers adding a new ‘stuck detection' feature to Cybertruck. Here’s why.
- ·Facebook is testing out a new feature that feels very, very Reddit
- ·[Chronology] Key developments leading to 2nd Trump
- ·夯实县域经济底部基础 力推县域经济提档升级
- ·雅安市举办首届“文轩教育”校园足球精英夏令营
- ·Police to crack down on drug crimes amid Burning Sun scandal
- ·New posters show North Korea mobilizing young people in key industries [PHOTOS]
- ·Gov't mulls temporary holiday for historic centennial
- ·What Ever Happened to Winamp?
- ·Best Kindle deal: Get three free months of Kindle Unlimited