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S. Korea, Japan start EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

S. Korea, Japan start EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

SEOUL, South Korea - Ichiro Komatsu (L), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's International Legal Affairs Bureau, and Park Hee Kwon, director general of the Treaties Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry, pose for a photo at the start of a two-day meeting on demarcation of their countries' exclusive economic zones in Seoul on Sept. 4.

Japan, S. Korea hold EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

Japan, S. Korea hold EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Komatsu (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's International Legal Affairs Bureau, and Park Hee Kwon, director general for the Treaties Bureau of the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, pose for a photo at the start of a two-day meeting aimed at demarcating their exclusive economic zones at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 12. (Pool photo)

Japan, S. Korea hold EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

Japan, S. Korea hold EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Komatsu (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's International Legal Affairs Bureau, and Park Hee Kwon, director general for the Treaties Bureau of the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, pose for a photo at the start of a two-day meeting aimed at demarcating their exclusive economic zones at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 12. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

S. Korea, Japan start EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

S. Korea, Japan start EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

SEOUL, South Korea - Ichiro Komatsu (L), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's International Legal Affairs Bureau, and Park Hee Kwon, director general of the Treaties Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry, pose for a photo at the start of a two-day meeting on demarcation of their countries' exclusive economic zones in Seoul on Sept. 4. (Kyodo)