S. Korea, Japan hold upgraded bilateral security dialogue amid North Korea, Middle East concerns

“South Korea and Japan held their first vice ministerial-level “two-plus-two” foreign defense talks in Seoul on Thursday, amid growing regional tensions and broader efforts to strengthen trilateral cooperation with the United States. The security dialogue, which was previously conducted at the director-general level between the two countries’ foreign and defense authorities, was elevated to the vice-ministerial level for the first time this year. First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo and Vice

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