Vice foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan were set to hold talks Monday, official said, with the talks expected to focus on North Korea and other regional issues, as well as ways to enhance the countries' bilateral cooperation. First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo was scheduled to meet with his Japanese counterpart, Takehiro Funakoshi, in Japan later in the day for the 17th bilateral strategic dialogue, according to South Korean foreign ministry officials. "The meeting is expected to cover a range of issues, including bilateral relations, as well as regional and global affairs," a ministry official said. The two sides are expected to exchange views on North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile programs and ways to strengthen cooperation on the issue within the framework of trilateral cooperation involving the United States. During a meeting in Atlanta last week on the sidelines of a Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers' meeting, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi "reaffirmed their resolute