South Korea's Ministry of Defense says it plans to hold a ministerial-level meeting with China for the first time in over a year-and-a-half in May... as part of efforts to promote communication and normalize relations after a diplomatic row stemming from Seoul's deployment of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system.<br />During a briefing to the National Defense Committee on Monday, the ministry said it'll also be participating in a repatriation ceremony on April 3rd for Chinese soldiers killed during the Korean War. <br />South Korea is also having a joint army meeting with Japan this month.<br />Scheduled for early next month in Washington is a meeting of the Defense Ministers of South Korea and the U.S.<br />In May, there's a trilateral security meeting between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan... and working-level talks are scheduled.<br />The ministry says it'll also hold working-level talks with its North Korean counterpart to carry out the joint statement struck in September last year.<br />The National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee will receive its first government briefing later today.... the first since the Hanoi Summit ended prematurely late last month. <br />
