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Despite hopes that historical issues could top the agenda at the upcoming the Korea-Japan summit.... experts warn not to get one′s hopes up... while assuring both sides have much to gain from the talks.
A Lockheed Martin official says Seoul and Washington are already discussing THAAD deployment in the nation, while Korea′s defense chief says... that′s not true at all.
Korea′s total industrial output spiked in September, recording the largest growth in over four years.
But a manufacturer sentiment survey reveals that businesses remain pessimistic.

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Welcome to the last edition of Prime Time News.
I′m Daniel Choy.
Title: President Park seeking to resolve wartime sex slavery issue this year
President Park Geun-hye has reiterated calls for Japan to resolve the issue of its wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women.
She has told Japanese media outlets... she wants the issue resolved before the end of the year.
Her remarks come a matter of days ahead of her first one-on-one summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Hwang Sung-hee reports.
President Park wants the issue of Japan′s wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women resolved by the end of the year.
That′s what she told Japanese dailies the Asahi Shimbun and the Mainichi Shimbun in a written interview.
It′s the first time the president has set a deadline on the issue, which has become the thorniest subject between the two neighbors.
More than 200-thousand women, mostly Korean, were forced to serve the Japanese military before and during World War Two.
Time is running out for the elderly victims... as only 47 remain in Korea.
President Park said it′s important for the Japanese government to swiftly come up with measures acceptable to the victims... and that such measures will be proposed at the upcoming summit.
She added that the past cannot be resolved by denial... and expressed hope it will no longer stand in the way of their bilateral relations.
Addressing Japan′s newly acquired right to collective self-defense, President Park urged Tokyo to maintain transparent defense policies.
There are concerns Japan′s military could enter the Korean Peninsula even without Seoul′s consent in the event of a contingency with North Korea.
She also touched upon Seoul′s interest in joining the twelve-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal... which includes Japan and the United States.
Hwang Sung-hee, Arirang News.
Title: What can Korea and Japan take away from the summit?
The trafficking of Korean women by the Japanese military may be a chronic, thorny issue.
But experts say both Seoul and Tokyo are intent on improving relations at the upcoming bilateral summit.
Kwon Jang-Ho looks into what the two sides hope to gain from the talks.

Japanese wartime sexual slavery has been controversial for decades.
But when South Korean President Geun-hye and her Japanese counterpart Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet for a summi

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