U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Japan and South Korea on Thursday to find ways to defuse heightened tensions between the key American allies over wartime history and trade policy."We hoped that they will find a way to move forward together," Pompeo told reporters in Bangkok after Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha apparently failed to bridge wide differences in their positions when they met earlier in the day.Pompeo said he briefly met with Kono before they have a trilateral meeting Friday with Kang on the sidelines of Association o…READ FULL ARTICLE
