First official summit reveals Yoon and Kishida want a reset, but nationalism remains a constant risk to progress
South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held their first official summit in Phnom Penh over the weekend, in the most substantial sign to date that the neighbors are working to repair relations.
Yoon and Kishida previously held a brief “informal summit” in New York in late September, the first meeting between leaders of the two countries in three years, and this time the two leaders held slightly longer talks on a range of issues.
South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held their first official summit in Phnom Penh over the weekend, in the most substantial sign to date that the neighbors are working to repair relations.
Yoon and Kishida previously held a brief “informal summit” in New York in late September, the first meeting between leaders of the two countries in three years, and this time the two leaders held slightly longer talks on a range of issues.
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