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• Korea to assume rotating presidency of UNSC for September

  Sep 01, 2025

  The country on Sept. 2 will assume the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for September. Shown is the council's meeting room at U.N. headquarters in New York on Aug. 28 during a meeting on Haiti. (Yonhap News) By Jeon Misun Korea this month will assume the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). U.N. headquarters on Aug. 31 said Korea, a no...

• President Lee 'reaffirmed bilateral trust with US in talks with T...

  Aug 29, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 25 signs the guestbook of the Oval Office at the White House in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump looking on. (Office of the President) By Kang Gahui President Lee Jae-Myung says he reaffirmed strong bilateral trust with the U.S. through his recent summit in Washington after returning home early on Aug. 28 from his four-day visit to the U.S. On his ...

• 'Summit with US made major progress in Korean peace process'

  Aug 27, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (left) on Aug. 25 poses for photos with U.S. President Donald Trump after their bilateral summit at the White House in Washington. (Office of the President) By Charles Audouin President Lee Jae Myung calls his recent summit with U.S. President Donald Trump "a meaningful opportunity to achieve major progress in the Korean Peninsula peace process through modernizing the...

• President Lee visits Philadelphia shipyard, reaffirms ties in sec...

  Aug 27, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 26 delivers a congratulatory speech at the christening ceremony of the State of Maine, a ship under the National Security Multi-mission Vessel program of the U.S. Department of Transportation, at Hanwha Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia. (Yonhap News) By Park Hye Ri President Lee Jae Myung on the afternoon of Aug. 26 reaffirmed his pledge to expand bilateral coo...

• President Lee to 'open new horizon for practical alliance' with U...

  Aug 26, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 25 gives a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. (Yonhap News) By Kang Gahui President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 25 pledged to "open a new horizon for a practical bilateral alliance focused on national interests" with the U.S. He said this in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank based...

• Companies pledge massive investment of USD 150B in US

  Aug 26, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (center) on Aug. 25 speaks at the KORUS (Korea-U.S.) Business Roundtable at the hotel Willard InterContinental Washington in Washington. (Yonhap News) By Lee Jihae Domestic companies have announced plans to invest USD 150 billion (KRW 208 trillion) in the U.S. An economic delegation of 16 heads of major Korean corporations and business executives on Aug. 25 said th...

• 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...