By Reporter Anna Kim President Yoon Suk-yeol visited the 'Korea-Vietnam Partnership Fair' held on June 22 on the occasion of his state visit to Vietnam. The fair featured a variety of events, including the K-Industry Showcase, which allowed visitors to experience the products of Korean companies; the Trade Consultation, which matched Korean companies interested in entering Vietnam with Vietnamese buyers; the Young Tech Startup Grand Challenge, which identified outstanding startups from the ASEAN region that want to start a business in Korea; and the K-Food Festival, which promoted Korean and V
By Reporter Anna Kim President Yoon Suk-yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-hee attended a conversation event with Korean language learners in Vietnam on June 22. The event was held at the National University of Hanoi. Under the theme of "Nurturing Our Dreams in Korean," it was attended by more than 70 people, including students studying Korean in Vietnam and representatives from educational institutions. As the Korean Presidential couple entered the first floor of the event's annex, they were greeted by a traditional Vietnamese musical instrument, the arirang, played by students from a middle school
By Reporter Anna Kim President Yoon Suk-yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-hee, who are on a state visit to Vietnam, hosted a luncheon for ethnic Koreans in Vietnam on June 22 (local time). The meeting was attended by more than 300 ethnic Koreans who are active in Vietnam, including Korean-Vietnamese families. In his encouraging remarks, the President said, "The 170,000-strong Korean diaspora in Vietnam, the largest among ASEAN countries' diasporas, represents the weight and importance of the Korea-Vietnam relationship." Noting the remarkable growth of Korea-Vietnam relations in the 30 years since t
By Reporter Anna Kim First Lady Kim Keon-hee was invited by French First Lady Brigitte Macron to a friendly luncheon at the Elysee Palace and they shared views to strengthen cooperation in design and gardening on June 20. Kim said, "Korean young designers have outstanding capabilities, but it is unfortunate that there are not many opportunities to introduce them to the world," and asked Macron for advice on whether there is a stage to introduce them as world-class designers, to which Macron responded, "I will arrange an event to introduce four or five Korean artists at the Design Week in Franc
By Reporter Anna Kim President Yoon Suk-yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-hee met with delegates from the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) at the "Busan World Expo Official Reception" event held at the Isere-Mulino Sports Center near Paris, France on June 21. The official reception, which is held only once per candidate country until the vote to decide the host country for the 2030 World Expo, invites delegates from all BIE member countries and is organized by the government and the private sector to showcase Korea's bid for the World Expo and promote the appeal of Busan. In his welcoming
By Reporter Anna Kim Bang Moon-kyu, head of the Office for Gov’t Policy Coordination, attended the Ukraine Recovery Conference held in London, U.K., and expressed Korea's firm solidarity and support for the reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine on June 21 and 22. The conference was held for the second time after last year's conference in Lugano, Switzerland. The conference, attended by 61 countries including the G7 and EU, 33 international organizations, and more than 400 companies, reviewed the status of damage and recovery needs in Ukraine, and discussed reconstruction and recovery measures
By Reporter Anna Kim Kim Keon, head of the Office of Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs who is visiting Mongolia to attend the Ulaanbaatar Dialogue, paid a courtesy call on Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg on June 17. Minister Battsetseg expressed his appreciation for Kim's participation in the Ulaanbaatar Dialogue and said that Mongolia will continue to develop the Ulaanbaatar Dialogue as a venue that contributes to the promotion of peace and security in Northeast Asia. He also said that Mongolia is faithfully implementing international laws on nuclear non-proliferation
By Reporter Anna Kim First Vice Foreign Minister Jang Ho-jin met with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink, who is visiting South Korea, and exchanged views on the outcome of U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken's visit to China, North Korea issue, and U.S.-ROK relations on June 21. Vice Minister Jang noted that Secretary Blinken's phone call with Foreign Minister Park Jin (June 17) shortly before his visit to China, followed by Deputy Secretary Kritenbrink's visit to South Korea to explain the outcome of their discussions, demonstrates t
By Reporter Anna Kim Deputy Foreign Minister Choi Young-sam held the 7th Korea-Dutch Policy Consultation meeting with Marcel de Vink, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, to discuss bilateral relations, international and regional developments, and ways to cooperate in the international arena on June 20. The two sides recognized that Korea and the Netherlands have established a strategic partnership since the last summit (November 2022, Seoul) and have been developing cooperation in a wide range of areas, including political, econom
By Reporter Anna Kim The Korean government and Busan City announced on June 21 that they conducted various promotional campaigns to attract the 2030 World Expo (Expo) locally on the occasion of the 172nd General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris, France. The 2030 Busan World Expo Bid Committee and the Busan City named the 850-meter section in downtown Paris from the BIE General Assembly to the official reception venue of the Busan Expo as 'Busan Road' and installed horizontal banners. They also organized an eco-friendly walking campaign, "Walking to 2030; rout
By Jeong Bae Park, Director, MD, PhD Prof. Jaba Samushia, rector of Tbilisi State University, and CDA Kim Tong-yeop and ladies and gentlemen, esteemed professors and doctors. I am Jeong Bae Park, a cardiologist and clinician in Korea. I am very honored to have this wonderful opportunity to present to you on “a scientific journey exploring the interplay of wine and humanity”. I would like to begin by providing a clarification. While I am a cardiologist and consume alcohol regularly, I must emphasize that I am not an expert or specialist in the field of wine. With that said, allow me to share so
By Reporter Anna Kim The 'Paris Digital Vision Forum was held to discuss the direction of digital norms and explore global cooperation with leading European scholars as the establishment of ethical norms for artificial intelligence has become a global hot topic due to the spread of ChatGPT. President Yoon Suk-yeol has already raised the need for a new digital order and called for the establishment of digital norms through a global public forum at the New York University Digital Vision Forum and the UN in September last year, and has since gradually materialized through the B20 Summit, Dubai Fu
By Reporter Anna Kim On June 16, Lee Jong-hwan, chairman of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee of Seoul City Council, met with a 20-member delegation led by Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development Ivan Bartosch at the Seoul Tourism Plaza to share mutual interests in promoting sustainable tourism development. The meeting was held to strengthen mutual cooperation on tourism promotion between Seoul and the Czech Republic, and was attended by Gil Ki-yeon, CEO of the Seoul Tourism Organization, Ivan Bartos, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development o
By Reporter Anna Kim Following a visit to Kazakhstan on June 17-19, a delegation of Jeollabuk-do visited Kyrgyzstan to promote Jeollabuk-do culture. On June 20 and 21, the delegation led by Jeollabuk-do Ambassador for International Relations Ryu Chang-soo visited Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan is known as the Switzerland of Central Asia and is a blessed agricultural country with excellent quality of agricultural and dairy products in Central Asia. The delegation organized various public diplomacy events and established a network of cooperation with the Korean people and local universities. First, the
외교저널 (Diplomacy Journal) 김지은 기자 | 장호진 외교부 제1차관은 6. 21. 방한중인 대니얼 크리텐브링크 (Daniel Kritenbrink) 국무부 동아태차관보를 접견하고, △안토니 블링컨 (Antony J. Blinken) 美 국무장관 방중 결과 △북한 문제 △한미관계 등에 관해 의견을 교환했다. 장 차관은 블링컨 장관이 중국 방문 직전 박진 외교장관과 통화(6.17.)를 가진 데 이어, 방중 직후 크리텐브링크 차관보가 협의 결과를 설명하기 위해 방한한 것은 한미 간의 긴밀한 협력을 잘 보여주는 것이라고 평가했다. 크리텐브링크 차관보는 블링컨 장관의 방중 계기 중국측과의 주요 협의 사항에 대해 상세히 설명하였으며, 장 차관은 블링컨 장관의 방중 등을 통해 미중관계를 관리해 나가고자 하는 미측의 노력을 평가하였습니다. 양측은 인도태평양 전략 추진 및 對 중국 관계 발전에 있어 상호 긴밀히 협의해 나가자는데 의견을 같이 했다. 양측은 지난 4월 윤 대통령 부부의 국빈방미를 통해 형성된 한미동맹 강화의 모멘텀을 유지ㆍ발전시켜 나가는 것이 중요하다는 데 의견을 같이 하고, 향후 양국간 고위급 교류ㆍ소통과 함께 한미 핵협의그룹(NCG) 및 확