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• Presidents Lee, Trump talk dialogue with NK leader, shipbuilding

  Aug 26, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (second from left) on Aug. 25 is welcomed by U.S. President Donald Trump right after arriving at the White House in Washington. By Yoon SojungPhotos = Yonhap News President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 25 held his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, discussing a possible meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and boosting bil...

• President Lee, Japan in summit hail restart of shuttle diplomacy

  Aug 25, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Aug. 23 announce their joint declaration at a bilateral news conference following their summit at the latter's residence in Tokyo. By Park Hye RiPhotos = Office of the President President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba have agreed to develop bilateral ties in a future-oriented and stable ma...

• 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with Japan on Korean victims of sexual slavery and forced work are pledges between countries that should not be rescinded.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...