1. Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Hwang Joon-kook will visit Tokyo, Japan, from January 27 through 29 to meet with the US and Japanese head delegates to the Six-Party Talks -- Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim of the US Department of State and Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Junichi Ihara of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2. The Republic of Korea-US-Japan meeting of head delegates to the Six-Party Talks will cover the full range of North Korean issues, including its nuclear program. 


               Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Relations of MOFA

* unofficial translation