Japanese-South Korean Relations: Improvement or Impasse?

An innocent photo of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the South Korean President Moon Jae talking, during a short meeting on a sofa in Bangkok has surfaced. In the ongoing tensions between Seoul and Tokyo, the picture serves the role of a source and has been a target of many controversies. Anonymous Japanese officials have told sources that the photo was captured and released to the media without the permission of Tokyo by the South Kore....