S. Korea, Japan seek to set aside differences


NEW YORK: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have held their first one-on-one talks and agreed on the need to improve relations dogged by historical disputes.

The meeting on Wednesday took place in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the first such talks between leaders of the two countries since 2019.

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