South Korea, Japan and the United States on Monday affirmed their close cooperation in dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile issues, at separate meetings in Seoul ahead of this week's landmark inter-Korean summit.Kenji Kanasugi, the Japanese envoy on North Korean nuclear issues, told his South Korean counterpart Lee Do Hoon that with the rapidly developing situation on the Korean Peninsula, bilateral cooperation and three-way cooperation also involving the United States are becoming "even more important."Lee agreed that the two countries should carry on with their consultations in …READ FULL ARTICLE
