Aso Taro, LDP Vice President, to Visit Korea on the 11th... "Coordinating Meeting with President Yoon"

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Deputy President Taro Aso is reportedly coordinating a schedule to visit South Korea on the 11th and hold talks with President Yoon Suk-yeol, Kyodo News reported on the 8th.

Kyodo News, citing multiple ruling party officials, stated that Deputy President Aso is coordinating his visit to South Korea and a meeting with President Yoon.

Additionally, Deputy President Aso is also considering attending the Korea-Japan Relations Forum held in Seoul from the 12th to 13th, organized by the Nakasone Peace Institute, of which he is chairman.

Deputy President Aso serves as the chairman of the Japan-Korea Cooperation Committee, a group centered on senior Japanese leaders, acting as a partner to the Korea-Japan Cooperation Committee. He plans to hold talks with members of the Korea-Japan Cooperation Committee during his visit.

Kyodo News interpreted that with shuttle diplomacy between the two countries' leaders resuming, Deputy President Aso, who leads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is considering the visit to support the improvement of bilateral relations.

Deputy President Aso, a former prime minister, served as deputy prime minister and finance minister for eight years under the Shinzo Abe administration. He currently leads the 'Aso faction,' a faction within the Liberal Democratic Party.

Last November, he visited South Korea as chairman of the Japan-Korea Cooperation Committee and discussed solutions to the issue of compensation for forced labor during Japanese colonial rule with President Yoon. He also held talks when President Yoon visited Japan in March this year.

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