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• President Lee invites Pope Leo XIV to visit Korea next year

  Jun 16, 2026

  President Lee Jae Myung on June 15 talks with Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City. (Cheong Wa Dae) By Jeong Euiseok President Lee Jae Myung has made his first visit to Vatican City while in office -- and the first by a Korean head of state in five years -- and held private talks with Pope Leo XIV. Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung in a written briefing said both sides on the morning of Jun...

• President Lee attends Mass at Vatican, holds talks with Italian P...

  Jun 15, 2026

  President Lee Jae Myung on June 14 gives a speech at a special Mass for peace and solidarity at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. By Hong Angie Photos = Cheong Wa Dae President Lee Jae Myung, who is on a tour of Europe, on June 14 said, "I intend to do everything within my power to move beyond the (Korean) armistice and build a sustainable peace regime (on the Korean Penin...

• Ties with Italy upgraded to 'special strategic relationship'

  Jun 12, 2026

  President Lee Jae Myung (left) and Italian President Sergio Mattarella on June 11 shake hands before their bilateral summit at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. (Cheong Wa Dae) By Margareth Theresia The country's ties with Italy have received an upgrade to a "special strategic partnership" to mark the state visit of President Lee Jae Myung, the first to the European nation by a Korean head of st...

• President Lee discusses security, economy, NK with EU, Belgium

  Jun 11, 2026

  Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo (from left), President Lee Jae Myung, European Council President Antonio Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic on June 10 pose for a group photo after signing a digital trade agreement at the council's headquarters in Brussels. (Council's official Facebook page) By Charle...

• President Lee pledges to make 'better Korea' to expats in Belgium

  Jun 10, 2026

  President Lee Jae Myung on June 9 gives a speech at a dinner for Korean expats at a hotel in Brussels. By Hong Angie Photos = Yonhap News President Lee Jae Myung, who is on a tour of Europe, on June 9 said, "Going forward, I will show you a better Republic of Korea, one different from what has come before." At a dinner for Korean expats in Belgium at a hotel in the Belgian capital, he ad...

• President Lee to visit 3 EU states, Vatican from June 9, attend G...

  Jun 08, 2026

  President Lee Jae Myung on June 4 speaks at a meeting with his senior secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul. (Cheong Wa Dae) By Kim Hyelin President Lee Jae Myung from June 9 will embark on a 10-day European tour spanning Belgium, Italy and Vatican City in that order before attending the G7 meeting of the world's top seven economies in the resort town of Evian-les-Bains in France. Nationa...

• President Lee uses pragmatic diplomacy in visits to India, Vietna...

  Apr 30, 2026

  President Lee Jae Myung (left) on April 22 poses for photos with his Vietnamese counterpart To Lam at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, after their joint news conference. (Cheong Wa Dae) By Hong Hyun-Ik Secretary General, Korean National Commission UNESCO Challenging global politics and President Lee's pragmatic diplomacy The world is reeling from a rapid shift in the unilateral...