Diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China will meet about resuming a trilateral leaders' summit

Diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China are to gather in South Korea over the weekend to discuss resuming their leaders' summit, Seoul's foreign ministry said. ​​An annual trilateral meeting among the leaders of the three Northeast Asian nations hasn't been held since 2019 due to the Covid-19 outbreak and the often touchy ties among them. While the three nations are close economic and cultural partners with one another, their relationships have suffered on-and-off setbacks due to a mix of issues such as Japan's wartime atrocities, the US-China rivalry and North Korea's nuclear program.