Just a week ago, prosecutors filed an arrest warrant for South Korea's former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae.
He appeared before the Seoul Central District Court at 10:30 a.m. with his lawyers and sit before the judge who will decide if it is necessary to arrest him as prosecutors say so.
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Despite a series of meetings, South Korea and the United States are still having a hard time trying to narrow the gap on sharing the cost of American troops stationed in Korea.
Citing diplomatic sources, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reports that Washington is asking Seoul to contribute one billion U.S. dollars annually, which is a 15 percent increase from what Seoul paid last year.
However, the South Korean government is asking for its defense contribution to be kept under one trillion won, or some 880 million dollars.
The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan will meet for the first time since the downturn in relations due to the forced labor ruling late last year.
The two diplomats will be meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
It is likely that they will discuss the rulings on compensation for forced labor.
Japan has called for an inter-governmental discussion on the matter and Seoul is yet to respond.
The recent dispute over Japan's claim that a South Korean destroyer used its radar to target a Japanese plane could also be discussed.
With the conclusion of three-day working-level talks in Sweden between senior officials of North Korea and the United States, America's top diplomat says progress has been made to prepare for the next meeting between their two leaders.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed his expectations for further progress in North Korea's denuclearization during the next Pyeongyang-Washington summit, scheduled for late next month.
Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos via satellite link on Tuesday, Pompeo explained that the second summit will serve as a (quote) "good marker" for the two sides.
He also said progress was made when North Korea's top nuclear envoy Kim Yong-chol visited Washington last week, and that positive results were reached during recent working-level talks in Sweden.
However, he added that numerous tasks lie ahead, hinting there are certain obstacles to overcome in preparing the second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, the delegations from North Korea and the U.S. who took part in the working-level talks to prepare for the second summit returned to their respective countries on Tuesday, local time.
Despite the extensive three-day meeting just outside Stockholm, experts say the two sides will continue to meet for the next month to prepare for the summit.
As many speculate the officials will probably meet again at the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom.
Source: Arirang News
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