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March 22, 2015

China, Japan, S. Korea to seek leadership summit at 'the earliest'
Seoul (AFP) March 21, 2015
The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan pledged to set up a trilateral leadership summit at "the earliest" opportunity as they met in Seoul on Saturday for the first time in nearly three years. The talks were an effort to calm regional tensions stoked by territorial disputes and historical rows with roots in Japan's colonisation of the Korean peninsula and occupation of parts of China before and during World War II. In a joint statement, South Korean Foreign Minister Yoon Byung-Se ... read more

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