S. Korea-Japan security talks

S. Korea-Japan security talks

Takehiro Funakoshi (R), director-general of Asian and Oceanian affairs at Japan's foreign ministry, and Atsushi Ando (2nd from R), deputy director-general of the Defense Policy Bureau at Japan's defense ministry, hold talks with their South Korean counterparts -- Seo Min-jung, director-general for Asia and Pacific affairs, and Woo Kyoung-suk, deputy director-general for international policy -- at the foreign ministry in Seoul on April 17, 2023. The two-plus-two talks, the first such talks since March 2018, took place as a follow-up of summit talks between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in March. (Yonhap)

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