(14 Mar 2023)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seoul - 14 March 2023
1. Wide of South Korean national security adviser Kim Sung-han at briefing
2. Wide of briefing
3. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kim Sung-han, National Security Adviser:
"Amid the long-strained relations between South Korea and Japan, the leaders of the two countries could not meet easily, leading to a vicious cycle of stagnation in bilateral relations. President Yoon's visit to Japan will be an important opportunity to break this vicious cycle and enable the two countries to improve the conditions for mutual exchanges. "
4. Various of briefing, journalists
STORYLINE:
South Korea announced that President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Thursday.
National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han said in a briefing on Tuesday that the summit and dinner will occur on the first day of the two-day visit to Japan.
Kim said Yoon's visit to Tokyo will be an important opportunity to normalise the "long-strained" ties between the two countries.
Yoon is scheduled to visit Japan on March 16-17 at the invitation of the Japanese government.
The summit was organised after South Korea unveiled a step toward resolving strained ties stemming from Tokyo’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
The fraught Seoul-Tokyo ties complicated American efforts to reinforce its three-way security cooperation in the face of rising Chinese influence in the region and North Korean nuclear threats.
Since taking office, Yoon, a conservative, has pushed for stronger relations with Japan as a way to boost cooperation among Seoul, Tokyo and Washington to better deal with the growing North Korean nuclear threat.
Observers said improved ties with Japan are also necessary amid global supply chain challenges and strategic competition between the U.S. and China.
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