S. Korea, Japan foreign ministers to hold talks Thurs.

South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung Wha and her Japanese counterpart Taro Kono will hold talks Thursday on the fringes of ASEAN-related meetings in Bangkok, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.The meeting will take place on the eve of the Japanese government's widely expected decision to remove South Korea from a list of countries that enjoy preferential treatment in purchasing Japanese products that could be diverted to military use.Seoul, already unhappy with Tokyo's tightening of rules for exports of high-tech materials to South Korea in early July, opposes the expected r…READ FULL ARTICLE