U.S. Special Representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, is to meet South Korea's unification minister Cho Myoung-gyon this afternoon.
It's expected the two will discuss international sanctions on North Korea as inter-Korean projects agreed between the two Koreas, such as railroad connections and forestry projects, need exemptions from sanctions to go ahead.
Washington's nuclear envoy will also meet Seoul's national security advisor Chung Eui-yong.
On Monday, he met South Korea's foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha and Seoul's own nuclear envoy Lee Do-hoon, with the talks between Pyeongyang and Washington and an analysis of North Korea's latest moves likely to have been discussed.
President Moon Jae-in kicked off a series of regional visits across the country with a trip to the southwestern city of Gunsan on Tuesday as part of efforts to help boost regional economies.
President Moon attended a ceremony on Tuesday in Saemangeum - a coastal city of Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do Provinceto unveil his vision for a world-sized renewable energy production cluster by 2022.
President Moon vowed to set up relevant manufacturers and research centers within the cluster to lift the renewable energy skill to another level.
Moon said this project will be a good opportunity for local energy firms, having trouble from shortage of domestic demands.
South Korea's Supreme Court is set to rule on a damages lawsuit against Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation that was brought by four Korean victims of forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of Korea.. and the verdict is due to be announced in a few minutes at 2PM, Korea time.
It comes more than five years since the lawsuit was brought by the plaintiffs in 2013.
At that time, the Seoul High Court ordered the company to pay around 89-thousand U.S. dollars per victim, before the appeal was lodged by the steel company.
The Japanese government continues to maintain a 1965 bilateral agreement settled the issue of individuals' right to seek compensation, despite South Korea's top court's ruling in 2012 that the agreement does not invalidate the right to bring court cases.
Source: Arirang News
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