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• 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...

• 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...