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Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul, left, shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador Koichi Mizushima, Monday, in this photo provided by the defense ministry. Yonhap <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul met with Japanese Ambassador Koichi Mizushima on Monday and agreed to expand cooperation in the defense sector.<\/p>\n

During the meeting in Seoul earlier in the day, Kang and Mizushima agreed on the need to continue to push for cooperation in defense exchanges in a “reciprocal” and “future-oriented” manner.<\/p>\n

The two also reaffirmed the importance of security cooperation among South Korea, the United States and Japan in the face of advancing North Korean nuclear and missile threats.<\/p>\n

During the talks, Kang urged the Japanese envoy to act as a firm “bridge” between the two countries for the development of bilateral relations.<\/p>\n

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Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul, left, shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador Koichi Mizushima, Monday, in this photo provided by the defense ministry. Yonhap Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul met with Japanese Ambassador Koichi Mizushima on Monday and agreed to expand cooperation in the defense sector. During the meeting in Seoul earlier in the day, Kang and Mizushima…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-korea"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t