Before the November 2 summit, the South Korean president had refused to meet one-on-one with the Japanese leader citing his distorted perception of history.
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Seoul-Tokyo relations remain badly frayed largely because of Japan’s refusal to atone for its past wrongdoings stemming from its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.
South Korea has urged Japanese leaders to issue a formal apology and offer compensation acceptable to the surviving women and the Korean people.
The interview came days before Yonhap News Agency is set to host the executive board meeting of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies.
There is no reason not to hold an inter-Korean summit if a breakthrough comes in solving the North Korean nuclear issue and progress is made in improving the South-North relationship.
“All of these combine to produce a threat not only to the ROK, but to Japan, the region and to the United States as well”, he said.
The latest ruling is one of several such rulings, including one against the same company as well as those against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp., in the wake of the South Korean Supreme Court’s 2012 ruling that a 1965 treaty with Japan that settled postwar compensation claims can not stop individuals from seeking compensation from Japan.
“The restrooms are not only in Kim Jong-un’s personal train but whatever small or midsize cars he is traveling with and even in special vehicles that are designed for mountainous terrain or snow”, said a source in South Pyongan province, who is close to the Escort Command tasked with guarding the leader. “What counts most is North Korea’s sincerity and determination to act on its words”, she wrote. Worldwide talks aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons were last held in late 2008.
Christian Peace Action Shepherds received public attention in August after staging a press conference for the North Korean defector who said she wished to return to the North. Kim Ryon-hui had said she was tricked into defecting by South Korean agents in China.
The 356-page classified document was used at the Kim Jong-il Political-Military University, a secretive North Korean intelligence institute, the newspaper reported.
Park called on North Korea to faithfully implement what has been agreed upon and gradually build trust with South Korea.
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Both Seoul and Washington have said any meaningful dialogue with Pyongyang would require North Korea to make a few tangible step towards denuclearisation – a pre-condition the North has repeatedly rejected.
