S Korea, China, Japan to hold high-level talks

South Korea, China and Japan will hold their seventh high-level meeting in Beijing today to discuss trilateral cooperation. South Korea\'s Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Jae-shin, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying, and Japanese Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Koro Bessho will serve as the chief delegates at the talks to address East Asian affairs, according to Korea\'s (KBS WORLD) website. Kim will hold a one-on-one with Fu to ask for Beijing\'s cooperation in dealing with North Korean defectors. The high-level meeting is a key dialogue channel between the foreign affairs authorities of the three countries. The recurring meeting was agreed to at a 2007 summit of the three nations\' leaders.