Japan's foreign minister, next South Korean counterpart vow to mend ties

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and his incoming South Korean counterpart Park Jin on Monday agreed on the need for their countries to thaw icy relations caused by decades-old wartime issues.As for regional issues, the ministers affirmed the importance of strengthening trilateral cooperation involving the United States to deal with North Korea's nuclear and missile threats as they met in Seoul on the eve of South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol's inauguration, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.Hayashi and Park "shared a view that bilateral and trilateral strategic …READ FULL ARTICLE