Abe-Moon talks unlikely to lead to breakthrough in soured ties

Despite the first face-to-face conversation between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae In in more than a year, substantial improvement in deeply frayed bilateral ties is unlikely, scholars say.While Moon stressed the need to resolve outstanding bilateral issues through dialogue in what Seoul called a "very friendly and serious" meeting with Abe on Monday in Thailand, the scholars point out there are no signs of concession by either side over the key issue of wartime labor compensation."Tokyo-Seoul relations could deteriorate further as neither Abe nor Moo…READ FULL ARTICLE