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• President Lee offers vision for ASEAN ties, talks to Cambodian PM

  Oct 27, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (far right) and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Oct. 27 hold a bilateral summit at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Yonhap News) By Kang Gahui President Lee Jae Myung on Oct. 27 began his official diplomatic schedule in Malaysia with the Korea-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit and bilateral talks with Cambodia. First for the president w...

• President Lee chairs open debate at UNSC, urges 'AI for all'

  Sep 25, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung on Sept. 24 chairs an open debate at the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council held at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Yonhap News) By Charles Audouin President Lee Jae Myung on Sept. 24 chaired an open debate at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at U.N. headquarters in New York, saying, "Let us turn the changes brought by AI (artificial intelligence) into a...

• President Lee tells UN his plan for ending inter-Korean standoff

  Sep 24, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung on Sept. 23 gives a keynote speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (Yonhap News) By Lee Jihae President Lee Jae Myung on Sept. 23 said in a keynote speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, "The Republic of Korea (ROK) will end the Cold War on the Korean Peninsula through the 'E.N.D. Initiative' and fulfill its responsibility and...

• FM, US, Japan reaffirm intent to keep North Korea nuclear-free

  Sep 24, 2025

  Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun (third from left), visiting New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, on Sept. 22 poses for photos with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (center) and Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeshi Iwaya at their summit. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) By Kang Gahui Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun has reaffirmed with his U.S. and Japanese c...

• BlackRock CEO pledges to help make Korea 'Asia's AI capital'

  Sep 23, 2025

  Ha Jung-woo (center), senior presidential secretary for artificial intelligence policy and future planning, on Sept. 22 holds a news briefing at a hotel in New York on the meeting between President Lee Jae Myung and Larry Fink, CEO of the world's largest asset management company BlackRock. (Yonhap News) By Yoon Sojung President Lee Jae Myung, on a visit to New York to attend the United ...

• 'Seoul can accept Trump-Kim deal to temporarily freeze NK nukes'

  Sep 22, 2025

  By Kim Hyelin Video = BBC's official website     President Lee Jae Myung says his administration can accept a freeze on North Korea's production of nuclear weapons as "an interim emergency measure" and "a feasible, realistic alternative" to the North's denuclearisation for the time being. In an interview with the BBC released on Sept. 22 in Seoul ahead of his visit to New York to...

• President Lee to address UN General Assembly in NY, chair debate

  Sep 22, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (right) and first lady Kim Hea Kyung on Sept. 22 say bye to well-wishers before departing for New York at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Yonhap News) By Kim Seon Ah President Lee Jae Myung on Sept. 22 departed on a five-day visit to New York to attend the 80th United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly. After arriving in the Big Apple, he will begin...