Japan’s foreign minister Taro Kono will meet his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha, in Beijing on Wednesday, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday, amid deteriorating relations between the two East Asian countries, reports Trend referring to Reuters.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of a new weapon again on Friday morning, state media KCNA said on Saturday, Trend reports citing Reuters.

Chairman of the Supreme Audit Institution of the Republic of Korea sent a letter to head of the Azerbaijan Chamber of Accounts Vugar Gulmammadov with a request to support his candidacy in the upcoming election to the UN board of auditors, Trend reports referring to the chamber.

New agreement between Azerbaijan and South Korea was discussed at an extraordinary meeting of the Azerbaijani Parliament, Trend reports June 27.

Azerbaijan Tourism Board consistently expands its activities to promote the tourism potential of Azerbaijan in order to increase the country's influence in the global tourism market.

Iran wants South Korea to speed up the solution of the banking problems existing between the two countries, Abdolnaser Hemmati, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, said in a meeting with Governor of the Bank of Korea Lee Ju-yeol, Trend reports referring to the website of the Central Bank of Iran.

In the frame of cooperation bilateral, Samsung will provide a number of products including digital signage, tablets and KNOX software to Uzbekistan Post, which is planning to renovate their infrastructure and transit it to the new level of performance with help of digitalization of the entire process, the PR&CSR manager of Samsung Electronics Central Eurasia Berik Umarov told Trend in an interview.

The economic development model of the Republic of Korea is a model for solving problems arising during economic crises, and this experience will help Azerbaijan in solving various economic issues, said Vusal Gasimli, Executive Director of the Azerbaijani Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication, Trend reports.

South Korea is ready to share its experience with Azerbaijan in solving the issue of problem loans, said Kim Tong Op, ambassador of South Korea to Azerbaijan.

South Korea on Saturday urged North Korea to “stop action that intensifies military tension on the Korean peninsula,” saying it is “very concerned about” the North’s firing of short-range projectiles, reports Trend citing to Reuters.