Yomiuri: "Seo Hoon, National Security Office Chief, Abandoned Plan to Visit Japan Last Month"

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] Seo Hoon, the Director of the National Security Office, reportedly attempted to visit Japan last month to find a breakthrough in the deteriorating Korea-Japan relations but ultimately gave up, according to a report by Yomiuri Shimbun on the 18th citing sources.

Yomiuri, quoting a South Korean government official, stated that Seo had planned to visit Japan in late last month to resolve the Korea-Japan conflict over the forced labor issue and to request Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide to visit Korea within the year, but he did not carry out the plan and abandoned it.

Yomiuri explained that Seo seemed to have judged that even if he visited Japan, it would be difficult to overcome the fundamental differences in positions between the governments of Korea and Japan.

Regarding the forced labor issue, Yomiuri forecasted that since the Japanese government has not received a solution acceptable to them from the Korean side, the scenario of Prime Minister Suga visiting Korea within this year and holding the Korea-China-Japan summit would be difficult to realize.

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