National / Politics Aug 17, 2016
Japan, China, South Korea foreign ministers to meet in Tokyo next week
The three countries agree to a ministerial meeting on Aug. 23 and 24, the first such gathering in Japan in more than five years.
National / Politics Oct 1, 2015
Japan, South Korea vow to ensure success of three-way summit with China
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se, agreed Wednesday to cooperate closely toward the success of a summit Seoul plans to hold with Tokyo and Beijing in late October or early November. Speaking to reporters after talks with Yun at the ...
National / Politics Aug 3, 2015
South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who refuses to hold a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, met Monday with visiting opposition leader Katsuya Okada. Okada, head of the Democratic Party of Japan, has said he wants to supplement the government's efforts in diplomacy with South ...
National / Politics Jun 21, 2015
Top envoys meet in pursuit of Japan-Korea thaw
by Masaaki Kameda
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se, agreed Sunday to step up their efforts to set up a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Park Geun-hye "at an appropriate time." The talks took place a day before the wartime ...
National / Politics Sep 15, 2014
South Korean foreign minister meets Japanese ambassador for first time
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and Japanese Ambassador Koro Bessho held talks Sunday during a cultural exchange event in Seoul as the two countries struggle to mend a strained relationship. It was Yun's first meeting with the Japanese ambassador since becoming foreign minister in ...
National / Politics Aug 9, 2014
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida held talks Saturday with South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se in Myanmar's capital, with greatest interest focused on whether the meeting will pave the way for a summit between the leaders of the two countries. The meeting was the first between the ...
National Apr 23, 2013
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se cancels his visit to Japan after members of the Cabinet make taboo visits war-linked Yasukuni Shrine.
National / Politics Mar 17, 2013
New South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se has urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to "correctly" face up to historical issues stemming from Japan's colonization of the Korean Peninsula. "I would like the leader of the Japanese government to grasp historical matters correctly and act ...