ROK-Japan talks

First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong, right, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Akitaka Saiki before a meeting at the foreign ministry’s headquarters in Seoul, Monday. They agreed to work together closely next year, which marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of Seoul-Tokyo ties, to improve frayed bilateral relations. They also agreed on the need to find a solution to the issue of sexual slavery by Japan before and during World War II. / Yonhap