South Korea, China, Japan Leaders Meet For Rare Summit

There are low expectations of any major breakthroughs at the meeting but the leaders have expressed hopes it could help revitalise three-way diplomacy (Credit: AFP)

South Korean, Chinese and Japanese leaders met in Seoul Monday for their first trilateral summit in nearly five years, after nuclear-armed North Korea announced plans to put another satellite into orbit.

There are low expectations of any major breakthroughs at the meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, but the leaders have expressed hopes it could help revitalise three-way diplomacy.