Japan, South Korea ministers vow close cooperation on North Korea issue

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young Se agreed Thursday to work closely in dealing with North Korea's missile and nuclear threats, the government said.During their talks in Tokyo, Hayashi and Kwon, who is the first South Korean unification minister to visit Japan since 2005, shared the view that the North's repeated missile tests are "serious and imminent threats" to regional security.It is planned that Kwon, who is in charge of issues related to Pyongyang, will be in Japan for four days through Saturday. Ties between Tokyo and Seoul h…READ FULL ARTICLE