South Korean, Japanese defense chiefs hold talks ahead of GSOMIA expiry
(WorldNews South Korea)

South Korean defense minister Jeong Kyeong-doo, right, and his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono talk in a bilateral meeting at Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel in Thailand, Sunday. Yonhap The defense chiefs of South Korea and Japan held tense one-on-one talks in Thailand on Sunday, just days before the planned expiry of their intelligence-sharing pact, the defense ministry said. The meeting between Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and his Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, started at 10 a.m. in the Thai capital of Bangkok on the sidelines of the 6th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers` Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus). It is the first meeting between the defense ministers of...