강경화, 한일 외교장관 통화 "화이트리스트 등 상황 악화 조치 하지 말라"<br /><br />Japan is looking to remove South Korea from its whitelist of preferred trade partners,... but Seoul's foreign minister, Kang Kyung-wha, told her Japanese counterpart today NOT to aggravate the situation.<br />Seoul's foreign ministry says Kang and Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono spoke on the phone Friday morning,... and Kang once again urged Tokyo to remove its trade restrictions on Seoul.<br />Kono held his ground on that issue, but... they did agree on the need to continue dialogue through various channels and to use multilateral meetings to exchange views.<br />The two diplomats also discussed North Korea's latest missile launch.<br />They agreed that Seoul, Tokyo and Washington need to work together at such an important juncture.<br />
