GYEONGJU: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi both stressed on Thursday (Oct 30) the importance of "forward-looking ties" as they held their first official talks.Relations have long suffered over issues related to Japan's brutal 1910 to 1945 occupation of the Kor

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit and hold bilateral talks with East Asian neighbors, with the focus on her hawkish approach to regional issues. During her three-day trip to the city of Gyeongju in the southeast…