SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday pledged to build further trust between their nations during talks held at the outset of two days of high-level diplomacy also involving China.
Yoon is hosting Kishida and Chinese Premier Li Qiang for a three-way summit taking place for the first time since December 2019 in a bid to get the gathering back on track after the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic and amid economic challenges faced by all three countries. The summits began in 2008 but have not been held annually. The latest in Seoul is the ninth.
