S. Korea, Japan hold working-level talks amid renewed spat over Dokdo
Foreign affairsNov 22, 2021
South Korea and Japan held working-level diplomatic talks in Seoul on Monday amid a renewed spat over the former's easternmost islets of Dokdo. The talks between Lee Sang-ryol, the foreign ministry's director general for Asian and Pacific affairs, and his Japanese counterpart, Takehiro Funakoshi, came after tensions resurfaced following Japan's protest over the recent visit to Dokdo by South Korea's police chief. Lee said that Seoul can never accept any Japanese claim to Dokdo, a