All About Summit diplomacy with President Lee Jae Myung

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• Presidents Lee, Xi eye 'full restoration' of relations in 2026

  Jan 06, 2026

  President Lee Jae Myung (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Jan. 5 wave at children attending the official welcoming ceremony for both leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Yonhap News) By Park Hye Ri President Lee Jae Myung, on a state visit to China, on Jan. 5 attended a bilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on in-depth methods of raising bilateral coo...

• Regular trade talks set, 14 bilateral MOUs signed with China

  Jan 06, 2026

  Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources Kim Jung-Kwan (far left) and Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao (second from left) on Jan. 5 shake hands after signing bilateral agreements on trade cooperation dialogue, while Minister of Food and Drug Safety Oh Yu-Kyoung (second from right) and Sun Meijun (far right), director general of the General Administration of Customs of China, do the same a...

• President Lee calls China 'key partner' in peace between Koreas

  Jan 05, 2026

  President Lee Jae Myung on Jan. 4 makes a speech at a meeting of Korean expats at a hotel in Beijing. (Yonhap News) By Yoon Sojung President Lee Jae Myung on Jan. 4 called China "an indispensable partner on the path toward advancing peace and unification on the Korean Peninsula." He said this to a meeting of Korean expats in Beijing at the first official event of&...

• President Lee to make state visit to China for bilateral talks

  Dec 31, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung from Jan. 4-7 will pay a state visit to China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Shown are President Lee (right) on Nov. 1 with President Xi entering their state banquet at the grand ballroom of the hotel and resort Sono Calm in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. (Cheong Wa Dae) By Xu Aiying President Lee Jae Myung and Chinese President Xi Jinp...

• Global task of promoting peace among Korea, China, Japan

  Dec 22, 2025

  By Yuji Hosaka Professor emeritus of political science, Sejong University Japan's relations with both Korea and China have recently shown signs of strain. A major reason for deterioration in Beijing-Tokyo ties occurred when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Nov. 7 angered China by telling a session of her country's legislature, "An emergency in Taiwan would threaten Japan's very existe...

• 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...