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S. Korea, U.S., Japan meet over N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L) Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Lim Sung Nam, South Korea's top nuclear envoy to the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, and Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, shake hands before holding talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 21, 2012, to discuss the implications of North Korea's failed rocket launch in April.

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S. Korea, U.S., Japan meet over N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Representatives from South Korea, the United States and Japan attend talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 21, 2012, to discuss the implications of North Korea's failed rocket launch in April.

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GLOBALink | U.S. urged to cease any form of official exchanges with Taiwan

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday urged the U.S. side to strictly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiques to cease any form of official exchanges with Taiwan. According to media reports, a virtual meeting was held on Wednesday between deputy U.S. trade representative and Taiwan representative to launch the so-called U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade. "China firmly opposes any form of official exchanges between Taiwan and countries having diplomatic ties with China, including the negotiating and signing of agreements with sovereign implications and official nature," spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily news briefing. Zhao said that the U.S. has been making frequent moves on the Taiwan question recently. In essence, they are all violating the one-China principle, emboldening the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and disrupting the peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits. "There is only one China in the world, and Tai

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S. Korea, U.S., Japan meet over N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L) Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Lim Sung Nam, South Korea's top nuclear envoy to the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, and Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, shake hands before holding talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 21, 2012, to discuss the implications of North Korea's failed rocket launch in April. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea, U.S., Japan meet over N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Representatives from South Korea, the United States and Japan attend talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 21, 2012, to discuss the implications of North Korea's failed rocket launch in April. (Kyodo)