By Diplomacy Journal Kayla Lee Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Yoon-joo received a courtesy visit by Japanese Ambassador to Korea Mizushima Koichi on July 4, and exchanged views on the overall bilateral relations between Korea and Japan. Vice Minister Park noted that since the launch of the new Korean government, there has been an active exchange between the leaders of the two countries and a positive trend in bilateral relations has continued. He emphasized the need for even closer communication between the two countries to develop solid and mature Korea-Japan relations and to deepen Ko
By Diplomacy Journal Lee Kap-soo Governor Kim Tae-heum of Chungcheongnam-do Province received Japanese Ambassador to Korea Mizushima Koichi at the provincial government office on April 11 and discussed ways to expand exchanges and cooperation between local governments in Korea and Japan. The meeting between Kim and Ambassador Mizushima was held to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan, and to discuss practical ways to expand friendly and cooperative relations between local governments in various fields, including economic, cultura