Senior U.S. diplomat calls recent Moon-Abe meeting “encouraging” sign(Yonhap) The top American diplomat for East Asia on Wednesday [Nov. 6th] described this week’s meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as an “encouraging” sign in fence-mending efforts between Seoul and Tokyo. Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell made the remarks after paying courtesy calls on Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha [康京和].