Seoul (Fides Service) - The Bishops of Korea and Japan hope to expand the current Korean-Japanese Bishops Exchange Meeting to include the Bishops of Taiwan and Hong Kong, convinced that that larger scope will contribute to evangelisation in East Asia and the development of the local Churches. This was agreed during the 8th Bishops Exchange Meeting held in Korea at Aaaron Retreat House in Uiwang-si Gyeonggi-do November 12 to 14. Bishop Peter Kang-il, of Cheju, head of the Meeting "with these 8 meetings we have built up friendship between the two countries. Now I think we are laying the stepping-stones for reconciliation and unity of two countries that still suffer from deep scars of the past." Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada, vice president of the Japanese Bishops' Conference, said "I believe good results will come out at the next meeting also in preparation for the 2004 General Assembly of the FABC". (Fides Service 25/11/2002)