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President Moon Jae-in and the leaders of South Korea's five political parties will meet at the top office this afternoon for talks on pending issues, including Japan's export curbs against South Korea.
The meeting, scheduled for 4PM to 6PM, Korea time is the first of its kind in since March 2018.
The rival party chiefs will be briefed on the government's strategy on Japan's retaliatory move and countermeasures to them.
They'll also discuss other pending issues regarding North Korea and a multi-billion dollar supplementary budget bill.
President Moon previously expressed willingness to hold such talks in May to discuss Seoul's efforts to send food aid to North Korea but the proposal was rejected by the main opposition Liberty Korea Party.
The head of Liberty Korea Party has said he was willing to attend, citing the urgency of the situation with Japan.