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Japan, South Korea Agree to Mend Ties After Ice-Breaking Talks

  • Abe holds 20-minute meeting with South Korean prime minister
  • Lee says talks between two countries are picking up speed

Shinzo Abe speaks at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2019. 

Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean premier Lee Nak-yon agreed they must work to ease the feud between the two neighbors that has spilled over into trade and security at their highest-level meeting in more than a year.