SEOUL: South Korean President Park GeunHye held a rare meeting with a Japanese politician on Friday as she received visiting Tokyo governor Yoichi Masuzoe despite a virtual freeze in diplomatic ties.

Masuzoe made a courtesy call at the presidential Blue House, which Park used to reiterate Seoul’s demand that Tokyo make proper redress for grievances related to its 1910 to 45 colonial rule over the Korean peninsula.

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