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Seoul/Tokyo, May 9 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering visiting South Korea later this month and holding summit talks with President Lee Jae Myung in his hometown of Andong, Japanese media outlets said Saturday, citing diplomatic sources. Japan’s Kyodo News and other media outlets reported that Takaichi is expected to visit South Korea on May 19 for a two-day trip and hold summit talks with Lee in Andong, about 190 kilometres southeast of Seoul, about economic security c…

Seoul, Feb 9 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her party’s victory in an election, wishing for Japan’s further development under her leadership and hoping to meet her in South Korea via shuttle diplomacy. Lee posted the congratulatory message on social media platform X after Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party secured a two-thirds majority in the 465-member House of Representatives in snap elections held Sunday, Yonhap N…