US, South Korea to hold talks today

The defense and foreign affairs ministers of South Korea and the United States will hold a two-day meeting in Washington Thursday on a wide range of issues of regional concerns. The meeting will mainly address ways to boost the South Korea-US alliance and promote bilateral cooperation in addressing issues related to North Korea, and likely issues of North Korean provocations against the south, Korean Broadcast Service (KBS) reported Today. "We're going to talk about the full range of issues that we have, bilateral issues, regional issues, global issues," Victoria Nuland, spokeswoman for the State Department, said at a press briefing on Wednesday. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will attend the meeting, South Korean News agency Yonhap said.