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• 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...

• Bilateral summit with US on Aug. 25 to cover security cooperation

  Aug 13, 2025

  Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung on Aug. 12 holds a news briefing at the Office of the President in Seoul on the Aug. 25 bilateral summit with the U.S. (Yonhap News) By Kim Hyelin President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 25 will attend his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington. The talks will come 82 days since President Lee's inauguration on June 4. Presidential spo...

• President Lee returns home after attending G7 Summit in Canada

  Jun 19, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (second from right) on June 19 is greeted by Kim Byung-kee, floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, and other well-wishers after arriving at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Yonhap News) By Kang Gahui President Lee Jae Myung on June 19 returned home after attending the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Canada. He and first lady Kim Hea Kyu...

• President Lee holds flurry of bilateral summits in Canada

  Jun 18, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (right) on June 17 poses for photos with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the Group of Seven Summit in Kananaskis of Canada's Alberta province. By Kim Hyelin Photos =Yonhap News President Lee Jae Myung on June 17 engaged in a flurry of bilateral summit diplomacy on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Canada. In their talks in Kananaskis, lo...

• President Lee starts G7 schedule via talks with S. Africa, Austra...

  Jun 17, 2025

  President Lee Jae Myung (left) on June 16 shakes hands with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at a hotel in Calgary, Canada, on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. By Xu Aiying Photos = Yonhap News President Lee Jae Myung on the afternoon of June 16 began his itinerary at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Alberta, Canada, his debut in summit diplomacy as head of state. He started thing...

• President Lee leaves for G7 Summit in Canada on first int'l trip

  Jun 16, 2025

  National Security Office Director Wi Sung-lac on June 15 at the presidential office in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District holds a briefing on President Lee Jae Myung's attendance at the Group of Seven Summit in Canada. (Yonhap News) By Park Hyeri President Lee Jae Myung on June 16 departed for Canada on a three-day visit to attend the Group of Seven (G7) Summit, his first trip abroad since assumi...