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12:16, 08-Jan-2018
Nuke envoys of S. Korea, Japan meet to discuss DPRK issue
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The top nuclear envoys of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan met on Monday to discuss the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) nuclear program, one day before the inter-Korean talks regarding Pyongyang's possible participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in ROK, per Yonhap News Agency, ROK's state-run media.
Lee Do-hoon, ROK's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and his Japanese counterpart, Kenji Kanasugi attended the meeting.
Kanasugi didn't make any comments on his way to the meeting.
South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon, left, talks with Japan's director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Kenji Kanasugi at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Jan. 8, 2018. /VCG Photo
South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon, left, talks with Japan's director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Kenji Kanasugi at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Jan. 8, 2018. /VCG Photo
The meeting came a day before globally watched DPRK-ROK talks, discussing the DPRK's possible participation in the Feb. 9-25 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games at the truce village of Panmunjom.
ROK said it has already received DPRK's list of five delegates for the talks through the restored cross-border hotline on Sunday.
The DPRK delegation will be led by Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, while ROK sending out its Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon and four others.
Seoul said the meeting will be held at the ROK side's Peace House at Panmunjom.
(With inputs from Yonhap News Agency)