All About Summit diplomacy with President Lee Jae Myung

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• President Lee's emphasis on Japan ties draws int'l media interest

  Aug 25, 2025

  In its article headlined "South Korea's president highlights friendly ties in Japan before key summit with Trump," The Associated Press (AP) on Aug. 24 analyzed the Aug. 23 summit between President Lee Jae Myung (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo. (Screen capture from AP's official website) By Kim Hyelin President Lee Jae Myung's bilateral summit with Japanese Prime M...

• President Lee arrives in US for 3-day trip including bilateral ta...

  Aug 25, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (third from right) and first lady Kim Hea Kyung (right) on Aug. 24 are greeted by acting U.S. Chief of Protocol Abby Jones at the military facility Joint Base Andrews in Maryland near Washington. (Yonhap News) By Jeon Misun President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 24 arrived in the U.S. after concluding his trip to Japan. He departed from Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Aug. 23 an...

• 'We should not nix accords with Japan on comfort women, forced wo...

  Aug 22, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung in an exclusive interview with the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun released on Aug. 21 said bilateral agreements with Japan on Korean victims of sexual slavery and forced work are pledges between countries that should not be rescinded. Shown is President Lee (right) on the same day in a meeting with Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and now chairman of the Bill Gates Foundati...

• President Lee rules out absorbing N. Korea, stresses Japan ties

  Aug 18, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 15 delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the 80th Liberation Day at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Office of the President) By Jeon Misun President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 15 urged North Korea to "recover trust and dialogue" and called Japan "a neighbor and partner." In a policy speech at an 80th Liberation Day cer...

• President Lee to attend summit in Japan ahead of US talks

  Aug 14, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (right) on June 17 shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the Group of Seven Summit in Kananaskis, a district in Canada's Alberta province. (Office of the President) By Margareth Theresia President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 23 will attend summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo. Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung on Aug...

• Bilateral summit with US on Aug. 25 to cover security cooperation

  Aug 13, 2025

  Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung on Aug. 12 holds a news briefing at the Office of the President in Seoul on the Aug. 25 bilateral summit with the U.S. (Yonhap News) By Kim Hyelin President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 25 will attend his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington. The talks will come 82 days since President Lee's inauguration on June 4. Presidential spo...

• President Lee returns home after attending G7 Summit in Canada

  Jun 19, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (second from right) on June 19 is greeted by Kim Byung-kee, floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, and other well-wishers after arriving at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Yonhap News) By Kang Gahui President Lee Jae Myung on June 19 returned home after attending the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Canada. He and first lady Kim Hea Kyu...