Discussions are currently under way to schedule a meeting of the foreign ministers from South Korea, China and Japan, the foreign ministry here said Thursday. Foreign ministry spokesperson Lee Jae-woong confirmed the process during a regular briefing a day after a Japanese news outlet reported that

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will travel to South Korea on Monday to shore up security cooperation between the East Asian neighbours and their mutual U.S. ally that is meant to counter China's growing regional power.

Foreign ministers Cho Tae- yul and Takeshi Iwaya held talks in Seoul, with South Korea still in the midst of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment. They laid emphasis on security ties, and trilateral work with the US.

Rubio, Cho agree to maintain close coordination on N. Korean nuclear issue, Seoul says South Korean and US top diplomats have agreed to hold their first meeting in Washington “at the earliest mutually convenient date,

SEOUL (Reuters) -- Foreign ministers from South Korea and Japan met in Seoul on Monday to discuss strengthening their relations in the face of increasing security challenges in the region and political tumult in the host nation.

SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from South Korea and Japan met in Seoul on Monday to discuss strengthening their relations in the face of increasing security challenges in the region ...

Iwaya, who will be the first Japanese foreign minister to visit Seoul in seven years, will meet with his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yul and Acting President Choi Sang-mok.

North Korea warned Friday that it would exercise its right to self-defense "more intensively" as it condemned recent joint air drills among South Korea, the United States and Japan.

SEOUL: Japan's foreign minister held talks in South Korea with top officials on Monday as the Asian neighbours seek to strengthen ties before

SEOUL: Japan's foreign minister held talks in South Korea with top officials on Monday (Jan 13) as the Asian neighbours seek to strengthen ties before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.

"We agreed to team up to ensure the successful hosting this year of the APEC Summit in Gyeongju (Gyeongsangbuk-do Province) and the World Expo in Osaka (Japan)." "The importance of bilateral relations between Korea and Japan remains unchanged,

Cho said he and Iwaya had agreed on "the necessity of continued close coordination among Korea, Japan, and the United States to counter the North Korean nuclear threat". Tokyo and Seoul's bilitaral ties would also continue to be developed "under any ...