All About Summit diplomacy with President Lee Jae Myung

News List

• President Lee returns from 4-country tour of Mideast, Africa

  Nov 26, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung on Nov. 23 in South Africa enters the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, the venue of the third session of the G20 summit of rich and developing economies. (Office of the President) By Xu Aiying President Lee Jae Myung returned home on the morning of Nov. 26 after wrapping up his 10-day trip to four nations in the Middle East and Africa. In his visits to the Unite...

• President Lee, Turkiye agree on energy, defense, bio cooperation

  Nov 25, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (left) on Nov. 24 shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at their bilateral summit held at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. (Yonhap News) By Charles Audouin President Lee Jae Myung and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Nov. 24 agreed to bolster cooperation in sectors like the defense industry, nuclear power plants and renewable energy in...

• President Lee holds talks with France, Germany, India, Brazil

  Nov 24, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (right) and French President Emmanuel Macron on Nov. 22 hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg. By Yoon SojungPhotos = Office of the President President Lee Jae Myung on Nov. 22 held a series of bilateral talks with the leaders of France, Germany, India and Brazil on the sidelines of the G20 summ...

• President Lee: AI must help everyone, Korea to host 2028 G20

  Nov 24, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung on Nov. 22 speaks at the first session of the G20 summit of rich and developing economies in South Africa at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg. (Office of the President) By Park Hye Ri President Lee Jae Myung on Nov. 23 in South Africa said at the G20 summit of rich and developing economies that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) must offer "equal oppo...

• President Lee to pursue economic partnership deal with Egypt

  Nov 21, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (left) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi on Nov. 20 shake hands at their joint news conference held at Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo. (Yonhap News) By Xu Aiying President Lee Jae Myung and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi on Nov. 20 in a bilateral summit agreed to pursue a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA). President Lee on the sa...

• President Lee's 'SHINE' plan eyes co-prosperity with Mideast

  Nov 21, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung on Nov. 20 gives a speech on the topic "Opening a Bright Future Together" at Cairo University in the Egyptian capital. By Kim Hyelin Photos = Yonhap News President Lee Jae Myung, on an official visit to Egypt, on Nov. 20 announced his "SHINE" initiative in a speech at Cairo University in the Egyptian capital, describing a strategy of future cooperation between Kore...

• 'Energy, defense, AI to spur future growth engines with UAE'

  Nov 20, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (second from left), on a state visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Nov. 19 speaks at the Korea-UAE Business Roundtable at a hotel in Abu Dhabi. (Yonhap News) By Yoo Yeon Gyeong President Lee Jae Myung, wrapping up his state visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Nov. 19 pledged to raise his country's future partnership with the UAE based on bilateral coop...