Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said he was hopeful for future ties with South Korea, whose conservative government has sought to resolve a longtime dispute over wartime forced labour.
Amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea and the United States have announced tabletop exercises to be held next month aimed at countering North Korea.
The Laos Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) last week in Vientiane to enable the seasonal employment of Lao workers in South Korea.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile toward eastern waters on Friday, under the inspection of its top leader Kim Jong Un, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday.