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Korea in Afghanistan: a team effort
Apr 10, 2012
A total of 450 personnel from Korea’s public sector have joined hands to support ongoing reconstruction efforts in Parwan, Afghanistan, a province that saw fierce armed conflict in the late 1990s. KOICA staff with local students (photo courtesy of Gonggam Korea)The Korean Provi...

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NSS host Korea, in the spotlight
Apr 02, 2012
Last week saw over 57 world leaders gather in Seoul for the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit, the largest international meeting on nuclear issues and the largest international conference in Korea’s history. With a total of 53 states and four international organizations represented at...

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Korea, Gabon to seek closer business ties
Mar 30, 2012
President Lee Myung-bak and President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon met on March 28 for a bilateral summit meeting to discuss the outcome of the recent Nuclear Security Summit as well as the future of Korea-Gabon cooperation. President Lee Myung-bak and President Ali Bongo Ondimba...

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Summit talks continue with Georgia and Hungary
Mar 30, 2012
President Lee Myung-bak is continuing to hold summit talks with world leaders who participated in the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit earlier this week. On March 29, President Lee met with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Hungarian President Pal Schmitt. Photo prov...

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Korea solidifies economic cooperation with Indonesia, V...
Mar 29, 2012
President Lee Myung-bak met with Vietnamese and Indonesian leaders successively on March 28 and agreed to reinforce cooperation in economy, trade, energy and defense, while also reaffirming the already solid amity with the two ASEAN countries. The talks between the heads of state...

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Korea seeks diversified cultural exchanges with the wor...
Mar 29, 2012
Committed to seeking a world free of nuclear disaster, the recently wrapped-up Seoul Nuclear Security Summit has taken one step toward strengthening nuclear security with the substantive progress being made on political commitments. While the highest-level forum served as a platf...

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President Lee Myung-bak meets Ukrainian and Spanish lea...
Mar 28, 2012
On the day after the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) wrapped up, March 28, President Lee Myung-bak held summit talks with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy at Cheong Wae Dae. President Lee showed his appreciation for the a...

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Korea holds talks with South Africa, Denmark
Mar 28, 2012
President Lee Myung-bak has continued to take time out of his busy schedule to hold bilateral summit meetings with various world leaders on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit. Photo: Cheong Wa DaeOn March 27, the president met with South African President Jacob Zuma, ...

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Korea-EU share a vision of world peace
Mar 28, 2012
President Jose Manuel Barroso of the European Commission, President Herman Van Rompuy of the European Council, and President Lee Myung-bak President Lee Myung-bak had a summit talk with President Herman Van Rompuy of the European Council and President Jose Manuel Barroso of the ...

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President Lee consolidates friendship with Kazakhstan, ...
Mar 27, 2012
President Lee Myung-bak had a crowded schedule on the first day of the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit on March 26, filled with a series of bilateral summits. The Korean leader met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan for a breakfast meeting and later with President Se...