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• President Lee tells UN his plan for ending inter-Korean standoff

  Sep 24, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung on Sept. 23 gives a keynote speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (Yonhap News) By Lee Jihae President Lee Jae Myung on Sept. 23 said in a keynote speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, "The Republic of Korea (ROK) will end the Cold War on the Korean Peninsula through the 'E.N.D. Initiative' and fulfill its responsibility and...

• FM, US, Japan reaffirm intent to keep North Korea nuclear-free

  Sep 24, 2025

  Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun (third from left), visiting New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, on Sept. 22 poses for photos with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (center) and Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeshi Iwaya at their summit. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) By Kang Gahui Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun has reaffirmed with his U.S. and Japanese c...

• BlackRock CEO pledges to help make Korea 'Asia's AI capital'

  Sep 23, 2025

  Ha Jung-woo (center), senior presidential secretary for artificial intelligence policy and future planning, on Sept. 22 holds a news briefing at a hotel in New York on the meeting between President Lee Jae Myung and Larry Fink, CEO of the world's largest asset management company BlackRock. (Yonhap News) By Yoon Sojung President Lee Jae Myung, on a visit to New York to attend the United ...

• 'Seoul can accept Trump-Kim deal to temporarily freeze NK nukes'

  Sep 22, 2025

  By Kim Hyelin Video = BBC's official website     President Lee Jae Myung says his administration can accept a freeze on North Korea's production of nuclear weapons as "an interim emergency measure" and "a feasible, realistic alternative" to the North's denuclearisation for the time being. In an interview with the BBC released on Sept. 22 in Seoul ahead of his visit to New York to...

• President Lee to address UN General Assembly in NY, chair debate

  Sep 22, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (right) and first lady Kim Hea Kyung on Sept. 22 say bye to well-wishers before departing for New York at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Yonhap News) By Kim Seon Ah President Lee Jae Myung on Sept. 22 departed on a five-day visit to New York to attend the 80th United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly. After arriving in the Big Apple, he will begin...

• 2025 summit with Japan: shift in inertia, new chapter in cooperat...

  Sep 04, 2025

  By Yuji Hosaka Professor emeritus of political science at Sejong University President Lee Jae Myung, ahead of his trip to the U.S., on Aug. 23, 2025, flew to Tokyo to attend a bilateral summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. This led to everyone questioning why President Lee chose Japan over the U.S. as his first overseas destination after taking office. Washington is typicall...

• Korea starts UNSC presidential term by opening forum on AI

  Sep 03, 2025

  Holding the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) this month, Korea hosts an open forum on artificial intelligence. Shown is a UNSC discussion on Haiti on Aug. 28 at the council's conference room at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Yonhap News) By Lee Jihae Korea on Sept. 2 finalized its schedule to begin its monthlong rotating presidency of the United Nations Se...