Article: Leaders of Japan and South Korea fail to reach agreement on history disputes

SOO-JEONG LEE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-20-2005
Dateline: SEOUL, South Korea
The leaders of Japan and South Korea tried Monday to heal ties wounded by spats over islands and Tokyo's wartime history, but the Asian neighbors failed at a summit Monday to reach any significant new agreements on resolving their disputes.

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said he had a "honest and sincere discussion" with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in two hours of talks mostly focusing on the history issue.

"There were efforts to understand each other and in some areas there was understanding, but there was no agreement," Roh told a news conference in gardens outside the ...

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