Seoul refutes Japan’s doubt on its G20 role

The Korean Finance Ministry rejected Japan’s questioning of Seoul’s leadership as the chair of G20 and said Korea has the ability to successfully mediate all agendas on the table for the G20 Seoul Summit slated for Nov. 11-12.

“Korea will have no problem leading G20 discussions at the Seoul summit and we have been organizing everything appropriately,” Vice Finance Minister Lim Jong-ryong told The Korea Herald on Wednesday.

Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (AP-Yonhap News)