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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(240804) -- PARIS, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Kim Je Deok of South Korea competes during the men's individual 1/8 elimination round of archery between Santiago Arcila of Colombia and Kim Je Deok of South Korea at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li An)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(240804) -- PARIS, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Santiago Arcila of Colombia competes during the men's individual 1/8 elimination round of archery between Santiago Arcila of Colombia and Kim Je Deok of South Korea at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li An)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(240804) -- PARIS, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Santiago Arcila of Colombia competes during the men's individual 1/8 elimination round of archery between Santiago Arcila of Colombia and Kim Je Deok of South Korea at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li An)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(240804) -- PARIS, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Kim Je Deok (R) of South Korea communicates with coach during the men's individual 1/8 elimination round of archery between Santiago Arcila of Colombia and Kim Je Deok of South Korea at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li An)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(240804) -- PARIS, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Kim Je Deok of South Korea competes during the men's individual 1/8 elimination round of archery between Santiago Arcila of Colombia and Kim Je Deok of South Korea at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li An)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(240804) -- PARIS, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Kim Je Deok of South Korea reacts during the men's individual 1/8 elimination round of archery between Santiago Arcila of Colombia and Kim Je Deok of South Korea at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li An)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(240804) -- PARIS, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Kim Je Deok of South Korea competes during the men's individual 1/8 elimination round of archery between Santiago Arcila of Colombia and Kim Je Deok of South Korea at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li An)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ARCHERY(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ARCHERY(CN)

(231006) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kim Je Deok (L) and Oh Jinhyek of South Korea compete during the Recurve Men's Team Gold Medal Match of Archery between India and South Korea at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ARCHERY(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ARCHERY(CN)

(231006) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kim Je Deok of South Korea competes during the Recurve Men's Team Gold Medal Match of Archery between India and South Korea at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)

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Japan, China, S. Korea decide on 3 cities to host culture events

Japan, China, S. Korea decide on 3 cities to host culture events

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jong Deok, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura and Chinese Vice Minister of Culture Yang Zhijin pose for photos as they meet in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2014.

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Japan takes up indictment of Sankei reporter in talks with S. Korea

Japan takes up indictment of Sankei reporter in talks with S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara, head of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Nov. 27, 2014, after talks with Lee Sang Deok, head of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry. Ihara said the Japanese side took up the indictment of a Japanese reporter accused of slandering the South Korean president in the talks, calling the action "extremely regrettable."

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Japan takes up indictment of Sankei reporter in talks with S. Korea

Japan takes up indictment of Sankei reporter in talks with S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara (R), head of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Nov. 27, 2014, after talks with Lee Sang Deok, head of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry. Ihara said the Japanese side took up the indictment of a Japanese reporter accused of slandering the South Korean president in the talks, calling the action "extremely regrettable."

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Japan, S. Korea discuss possible foreign ministerial talks in N.Y.

Japan, S. Korea discuss possible foreign ministerial talks in N.Y.

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Sang Deok (C), director general of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry, meets the press after holding talks with his Japanese counterpart, Junichi Ihara, at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Lee and Ihara discussed a possible foreign ministerial meeting between the two countries on the sidelines of annual gatherings of the U.N. General Assembly in New York the following week, according to a Japanese official.

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Japan-S. Korea talks in Seoul

Japan-S. Korea talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara, head of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is surrounded by reporters as he leaves South Korea's Foreign Ministry in Seoul on July 23, 2014, after talks with Lee Sang Deok, head of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of the South Korean Foreign Ministry.

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Japan-S. Korea talks in Seoul

Japan-S. Korea talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara, head of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is surrounded by reporters as he leaves South Korea's Foreign Ministry in Seoul on July 23, 2014, after talks with Lee Sang Deok, head of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of the South Korean Foreign Ministry.

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Top diplomats from Japan, S. Korea hold meeting

Top diplomats from Japan, S. Korea hold meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, enters the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on July 23, 2014, for a new round of talks with his South Korean counterpart Lee Sang Deok.

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S. Korea, Japan to hold talks on wartime sexual slavery

S. Korea, Japan to hold talks on wartime sexual slavery

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at Seoul's Gimpo airport on July 23, 2014, for talks with Lee Sang Deok, director general of the Northeast Asian affairs bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry, on bilateral issues such as Korean women forced to serve at brothels for the wartime Japanese military.

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Japan-ROK director-general level talks

Japan-ROK director-general level talks

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Sang Deok, director general of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry, enters the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on May 15, 2014, for talks with Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

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Japan-S. Korea talks

Japan-S. Korea talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks with reporters in Seoul on April 16, 2014, after meeting with Lee Sang Deok, director general of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry.

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Japan-S. Korea talks

Japan-S. Korea talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara (C), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, leaves the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on April 16, 2014, after holding talks with Lee Sang Deok, director general of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry.

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S. Korea, Japan hold talks

S. Korea, Japan hold talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara (far R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, answers reporters' questions after holding talks with Lee Sang Deok, director general of the South Korean Foreign Ministry's Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau, in Seoul on Feb. 18, 2014.

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Tokyo Olympics: Archery

Tokyo Olympics: Archery

An San (L) and Kim Je Deok of South Korea attend a medal ceremony after winning gold in the archery mixed team event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2021, at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Archery

Tokyo Olympics: Archery

An San (R) and Kim Je Deok of South Korea compete in the archery mixed team final at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2021, at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo.

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2 Koreas to meet at Asian qualifiers for Rio Olympics

2 Koreas to meet at Asian qualifiers for Rio Olympics

Kim Kwang Min (L), the coach of North Korea's women's soccer team, and Yoon Deok Yeo, the coach of South Korea's women's soccer team, attend a joint news conference in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2016, a day before their teams will meet at the six-team Asian qualifiers for the Rio Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea prepare for possible "comfort women" deal

Japan, S. Korea prepare for possible "comfort women" deal

Kimihiro Ishikane, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, leaves the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2015, after talks with Lee Sang Deok, director general of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of the South Korean Foreign Ministry, held in preparation for a foreign ministerial meeting the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea prepare for possible "comfort women" deal

Japan, S. Korea prepare for possible "comfort women" deal

Kimihiro Ishikane, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2015, for talks with Lee Sang Deok, director general of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of the South Korean Foreign Ministry, to prepare for a foreign ministerial meeting the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Culture talks held between Japan, S. Korea and China in Qingdao

Culture talks held between Japan, S. Korea and China in Qingdao

(From L) South Korean Culture Sports and Tourism Minister Kim Jong Deok, Chinese Culture Minister Luo Shugang, and Hiroyuki Yoshiie, Japan's senior vice minister for education, culture, sports, science and technology, pose for photos during their trilateral talks in the Chinese city of Qingdao on Dec. 20, 2015. They agreed on an action plan for cultural exchanges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea seek to find common ground on "comfort women" issue

Japan, S. Korea seek to find common ground on "comfort women" issue

Kimihiro Ishikane, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, speaks to reporters in Seoul after meeting with his South Korean counterpart Lee Sang Deok on Nov. 11, 2015. The two countries are trying to find common ground on the so-called "comfort women" issue involving women procured to work in wartime brothels for the Imperial Japanese Army. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea discuss "comfort women" issue

Japan, S. Korea discuss "comfort women" issue

Kimihiro Ishikane, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, arrives at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Nov. 11, 2015, to hold talks with his South Korean counterpart Lee Sang Deok. The talks are aimed at moving forward an agreement made by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun Hye the previous week to speed up talks to resolve the issue of so-called "comfort women." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China, S. Korea tourism ministers show joint statement after meet

Japan, China, S. Korea tourism ministers show joint statement after meet

Japanese tourism minister Akihiro Ota (C) holds a joint statement together with his counterparts Kim Jong Deok (L) of South Korea and Li Jinzao of China after their meeting in Tokyo on April 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China, S. Korea tourism ministers meet in Tokyo

Japan, China, S. Korea tourism ministers meet in Tokyo

Japanese tourism minister Akihiro Ota (C) shakes hands with his counterparts Kim Jong Deok (L) of South Korea and Li Jinzao of China ahead of their talks at a hotel in Tokyo on April 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China, S. Korea tourism ministers meet ahead of 3-way talks in Tokyo

China, S. Korea tourism ministers meet ahead of 3-way talks in Tokyo

China National Tourism Administration Chairman Li Jinzao (L) and South Korean Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Kim Jong Deok shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on April 11, 2015, ahead of three-way talks involving their Japanese counterpart. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea tourism ministers meet ahead of 3-way talks in Tokyo

Japan, S. Korea tourism ministers meet ahead of 3-way talks in Tokyo

Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ota (R) and South Korean Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Kim Jong Deok shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on April 11, 2015, ahead of three-way talks involving their Chinese counterpart. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea ministers meet on promoting tourism

Japan, S. Korea ministers meet on promoting tourism

Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ota (R) talks with South Korean Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Kim Jong Deok at a Tokyo hotel on April 11, 2015, ahead of three-way talks involving their Chinese counterpart to promote tourism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea, Japan begin 1st high-level security talks in 5 years

S. Korea, Japan begin 1st high-level security talks in 5 years

Lee Sang Deok (2nd from R), director general of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry, shakes hands with Junichi Ihara, director general of its Japanese counterpart's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, in Seoul on April 14, 2015, as the two countries began their first high-level security talks in more than five years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China, South Korea set goal of 30 mil. visitors in 2020

Japan, China, South Korea set goal of 30 mil. visitors in 2020

Japanese tourism minister Akihiro Ota (C) and his counterparts Li Jinzao of the China National Tourism Administration (R) and Kim Jong Deok of South Korea sign a joint statement on April 12, 2015, in Tokyo, in which they agreed to strive to boost visitor numbers among the three countries to 30 million people in 2020 from about 20 million in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China, S. Korea tourism ministers meet in Tokyo

Japan, China, S. Korea tourism ministers meet in Tokyo

Tourism ministers Akihiro Ota (C) of Japan, Kim Jong Deok (L) of South Korea and Li Jinzao of China break open a sake barrel in Tokyo on April 11, 2015. It was the first trilateral meeting of tourism ministers in almost four years amid signs of improvement in Japan's relations with the two Asian neighbors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea condemns Japan for territorial claim over disputed islets

S. Korea condemns Japan for territorial claim over disputed islets

Kenji Kanasugi (C), minister at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, leaves the South Korean Foreign Ministry on April 7, 2015, after being summoned by Lee Sang Deok, director general of the ministry's Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau. South Korea lodged a protest regarding Japan's assertion of sovereignty in its annual foreign policy report over South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea make no headway over "comfort women" issue

Japan, S. Korea make no headway over "comfort women" issue

Junichi Ihara (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, speaks to reporters after talks in Seoul with Lee Sang Deok, head of the South Korean Foreign Ministry's Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau, on March 16, 2015. The two discussed the issue of so-called Korean "comfort women" for the Imperial Japanese Army but apparently made no significant headway. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea foreign ministry officials hold talks in Tokyo

Japan, S. Korea foreign ministry officials hold talks in Tokyo

Lee Sang Deok, director general for Northeast Asian Affairs of South Korea's Foreign Ministry, heads to a meeting with Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2015, to discuss a range of issues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea prepare for possible "comfort women" deal

Japan, S. Korea prepare for possible "comfort women" deal

Kimihiro Ishikane, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2015, for talks with Lee Sang Deok, director general of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of the South Korean Foreign Ministry, to prepare for a foreign ministerial meeting the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China, S. Korea decide on 3 cities to host culture events

Japan, China, S. Korea decide on 3 cities to host culture events

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jong Deok, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura and Chinese Vice Minister of Culture Yang Zhijin pose for photos as they meet in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japan takes up indictment of Sankei reporter in talks with S. Korea

Japan takes up indictment of Sankei reporter in talks with S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara, head of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Nov. 27, 2014, after talks with Lee Sang Deok, head of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry. Ihara said the Japanese side took up the indictment of a Japanese reporter accused of slandering the South Korean president in the talks, calling the action "extremely regrettable." (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea discuss possible foreign ministerial talks in N.Y.

Japan, S. Korea discuss possible foreign ministerial talks in N.Y.

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Sang Deok (C), director general of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry, meets the press after holding talks with his Japanese counterpart, Junichi Ihara, at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Lee and Ihara discussed a possible foreign ministerial meeting between the two countries on the sidelines of annual gatherings of the U.N. General Assembly in New York the following week, according to a Japanese official. (Kyodo)

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Top diplomats from Japan, S. Korea hold meeting

Top diplomats from Japan, S. Korea hold meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, enters the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on July 23, 2014, for a new round of talks with his South Korean counterpart Lee Sang Deok. (Kyodo)

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