SEOUL: The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan will meet this week, Seoul said Wednesday (Jul 31), as a long-running diplomatic row ...
SEOUL: The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan will meet this week, Seoul said Wednesday , as a long-running diplomatic row develops into a bitter trade spat between the two US allies.
Seoul's foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha is due to meet her Japanese counterpart Taro Kono on Thursday in Bangkok on the sidelines of a regional foreign ministers' meeting, the South's foreign ministry said. South Koreans have launched a nationwide boycott of Japanese products ranging from beer and clothes to cosmetics, and the country's top two air carriers - Korean Air and Asiana - have announced cuts in flights to Japan due to falling in demand.
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