During the two-day talks the sides will "share assessments of recent situations in North Korea and its threats. They will also have in-depth consultations on various ways for substantive progress in dealing with the North Korean nuclear issue in terms of deterrence, pressure and dialogue," the Ministry said as quoted by Korea Herald.
The Japanese representative is the head of the Foreign Ministry's Asia and Oceania Affairs Bureau, Junichi Ihara. The United States member is special representative for North Korea policy Sung Kim. South Korea has again placed special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, Hwang Joon-kook, in the position.
These three diplomats represented their countries during the last round of six-way talks on Korean denuclearization which took place in Beijing in 2008.
North Korea declared itself a nuclear power in 2005 and has conducted several underground nuclear tests, triggering global condemnation. In 2009 Pyongyang exited six-way talks attended by Russia, the United States, China, Japan and South Korea.
