DAY BREAK 06:00 President Park, Abe hold first-ever summit

• published: 02 Nov 2015
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ARIRANG NEWS 06:00 Coming up today,... meeting directly for first time, President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agree to accelerate talks on resolve Japan′s wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women. Korea′s National Assembly is in gridlock as the rival parties dig themselves in... on the government′s controversial decision to reintroduce a state-authored history textbook into the nation′s secondary schools. Plus,... did a bomb bring down a Russian plane over Egypt? The airline thinks so,.. but Moscow says it is too early to speculate. Stay tuned for these stories and more. Hello.... to our viewers around the world, it′s 6 a.m. on Tuesday, November third here in Seoul. Thanks for joining us,... I′m Mark Broome. Title: President Park, Abe hold first-ever summit We start with the summit in Seoul that some would say was a long time coming. President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held their first-ever official face-to-face talks on Monday. For more on the meeting and what to expect for South Korea-Japan relations going forward,... Hwang Sung-hee reports. "Topping the agenda at President Park′s first-ever summit with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was Japan′s wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women. At the start of the talks, President Park expressed her hopes for the summit." "I hope today′s summit can be a broad yet sincere meeting to heal the painful wounds of the past so it can be a valuable opportunity for advancing bilateral relations." However, Prime Minister Abe′s focus was on building a future-oriented relationship with Seoul. "I think highly of the steps we took in Japan-Korea relations over the last 50 years. I am willing to work with President Park to open a new era for a future-oriented Japan-Korea relationship." More than 200-thousand women, mostly Korean, were forced to serve the Japanese military before and during World War Two. And, with only 47 comfort women remaining in Korea, President Park urged for a swift resolution, calling it the biggest stumbling block to their bilateral relations. The presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae said the two leaders agreed to work on the issue. "The two leaders acknowledged that this year marks the 50th anniversary of normalizing diplomatic ties and commanded that the comfort women talks be sped up so the issue can be resolved as early as possible." Other agenda items included increasing cooperation on countering North Korean threats as well as Korea′s possible joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Prime Minister Abe said he was closely following Korea′s movements regarding the 12-nation trade pact that includes Japan, and the U.S. "The presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae says Monday′s summit was meaningful as it paved the way for resolving historical issues... and laid the groundwork for further progress in bilateral relations. Hwang Sung-hee, Arirang News.&quo;