South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reaffirmed Monday that the two countries will continue to coordinate closely on North Korea, the State Department said.
  

The two top diplomats met in Anchorage, Alaska, on the sidelines of the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic that the U.S. hosted to focus world attention on climate change affecting the polar region and discuss ways to curb it.
  

"They had a productive discussion on plans for Republic of Korea President Park's upcoming visit and a broad range of bilateral, regional, and global issues," a senior State Department official said on background, referring to President Park Geun-hye's October visit to the U.S.
  

"The Secretary reaffirmed our continuing close coordination with the ROK on North Korea, expressed appreciation for the ROK's contributions to addressing global challenges, and welcomed future opportunities to deepen the U.S.-ROK global partnership," the official said.
  

The official did not provide any more details.
 

But the two sides were believed to have exchanged views on the security situation on the Korean Peninsula and how to deal with North Korea, as their meeting came about a week after the two Koreas defused heightened military tensions with a landmark peace agreement. (Yonhap)