SOUTH KOREAN AND JAPANESE DIPLOMATS CONCLUDED TALKS SATURDAY AIMED AT SETTLING A DISPUTE OVER A SET OF RESOURCE-RICH ISLETS THAT HAS STRAINED BILATERAL RELATIONS, OFFICIALS SAID. TALKS ENDED SATURDAYAFTER TWO-DAYS OF NEGOTIATIONS, ACCORDING TO JAPANESE EMBASSY OFFICIAL KAZUO CHUJO AND A SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS QUOTED THE SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALAS SAYING BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THE MATTER, SAID THE RESULT OF THE MEETINGS WAS STILL UNCLEAR BUT BOTH SIDES APPEAR TO HAVE REACHED "SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT."
