Korean and Japanese Leaders Meet for the First Time in Nearly Three Years

Here is the latest sign that relations are continuing to improve between Japan and Korea. I guess we will see if it leads to anything positive, but considering how low the popularity is domestically for both leaders they both probably do not have the political capital to get any big deals done:

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pose for a photo prior to their talks in New York on Sept. 21, 2022, as they meet on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. (Yonhap)

The summit took place suddenly, as the details had been kept under wraps for days, in the form of Yoon visiting the venue of an event hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in New York.

Yoon and Kishida “agreed on the need to improve bilateral relations by resolving pending issues,” South Korea’s readout of the meeting said. The two agreed to instruct their diplomats to accelerate talks to that end.

Yoon and Kishida also “shared serious concern about North Korea’s nuclear program,” including its recent legalization of nuclear arms and the possibility of a seventh nuclear test, and “agreed to cooperate closely with the international community to respond to it,” according to the readout.

A presidential official hailed the summit as “the first step toward producing tangible results.”

“After two years and 10 months, despite the existence of various disputes between South Korea and Japan, the two leaders met and took the first step toward a resolution. That is why it was highly significant,” the official told reporters in New York.

Yonhap

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setnaffa
setnaffa
2 years ago

Good! They should have more in common with each other than with the USA… and depending on whether Spongebrain Puddingpants can remember which side we’re on, they need to be more ready to defend the neighborhood.

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