By Lee Kap-soo Highlighting breakthrough startups, LG NOVA, LG Electronics’ North American Innovation Center, announced the winners of the Startup Pitch Competition at its annual Innovation Festival in October 2023. The LG NOVA Innovation Festival is a unique event that brings together innovators to discuss, explore and build next-generation technological solutions for the advancement of people and the planet. The Innovation Festival provides an ideal setting for the recognition of new growing startups with the potential to make a positive impact for a better future. This year, twelve companie
By Lee Kap-soo Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Bang Moon-kyu met with Vietnam’s Industry and Trade Minister Nguyen Hong Dien on December 7 at the Shilla Seoul to hold the 13th Korea-Vietnam Industrial Joint Committee and 7th Korea-Vietnam FTA Joint Committee meetings, where they discussed measures for stronger economic cooperation. During the Industrial Joint Committee meeting, the two leaders agreed to push forward the establishment of a critical minerals supply chain center and cooperation in materials and parts technology development as a swift follow-up to the memorandum of understandi
By Lee Jon-young Rogers Holdings Chairman Jim Rogers, one of the world's most famous three investors, will visit South Korea on Dec. 10 and will depart on Dec. 12. Chairman Jim Rogers is coming to Korea at the invitation of the Central Committee of the Bukkwan Victory Monument National Movement, a juridical foundation, to consult on the production of a drama about General Jeong Mun-bu, who defeated the invading Japanese army during the Imjin War in 1592. Jim Rogers was also invited to the photo exhibition of General Jeong Mun-bu last year and said at the time, “I want to make General Jeong Mun
By Kayla Lee The Ministry of Foreign Affairs successfully hosted the “fifth International Conference on Action with Women and Peace” on November 30. The conference marked the fifth of its kind held as part of the “Action with Women and Peace Initiative” launched by the Foreign Ministry in 2018 to contribute to international discussions on women, peace and security (WPS). The event brought together about 40 guest speakers and some 300 participants, including relevant government officials of major countries as well as members of international organizations and civil societies, who engaged in in-
By Lee Kap-soo Dear readers of Diplomacy Journal, The year 2023 has come to an end, and with it many of the dreams we had hoped to achieve during that period. Therefore, and on the occasion of the New Year 2024 - which is now beginning, giving us a new opportunity to renew our plans and look to the future, hoping to be promising, especially with regard to Angola and Korea relations - I would like to extend, on behalf of the Angolan Embassy in Korea, the warmest greetings and best wishes to the Korean people, especially the business-class! This is the fourth time I have celebrated the New Year
By Lee Kap-soo Dear readers of Diplomacy Journal, Today the World we live in brings us new challenges to manage and difficulties to overcome. Focusing on regional conflicts, political contradictions and trade restrictions the world community began to take out of its consideration already existing issues of global threats to the human civilization. One of the main goals for us as human beings is to maintain mankind development considering global values as the most important area where we could and should bring our forces together. Rapid industrial and economic development, technical revolutions
By Lee Kap-soo Korea and Canada concluded the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and the Department of the Environment of Canada concerning Cooperation on Climate Change, signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin and Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada Steven Guilbeault on December 3, 2023 on the occasion of the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP28, Nov. 30-Dec. 12, Dubai) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This MOU has been concluded, as President Yoon Suk-yeol and Prime
By Lee Kap-soo The following article was contributed by Abdulaziz Rasulev, Academic Secretary at Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Doctor of Science in Law, Professor, to Diplomacy Journal. – ED. In the Republic of Uzbekistan, significant results have been achieved in recent years within the framework of judicial and legal reforms, which have affected all spheres. As indicated by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev “over the last years we have accomplished a profound work to establish justice in the judicial
By Lee Kap-soo The following article was contributed by Azamjon Farmonov, Head of the public association "Legal support" in human rights of Uzbekistan, to Diplomacy Journal. – ED. Freedom of speech, opinion and information is a fundamental human right. According to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. In addition, Arthur Sulzberger, publisher of
By Lee Kap-soo The economic forum “Wind of Kazakhstan” was held in the Korean province of Jeollabuk-do with the participation of representatives of the Akimat of the Almaty region, business and academic circles of the two countries on Dec. 5. The event was hosted by the Jeollabuk-do Provincial Administration and the Province's International Cooperation Agency. While delivering welcoming remarks, Ambassador of Kazakhstan Nurgali Arystanov said that Kazakhstan was interested in developing cooperation with the Jeollabuk-do province in areas such as agriculture, smart farms, digital trade, constru
By Lee Kap-soo “Belarus and South Korea could really find common points of joining efforts in preventing global threats to the humanity. For example, practical cooperation with the Republic of Korea is possible in the area of preventing climate change and global warming, as well as on the cooperation in the field of forestation and oxygen production, food security maintenance and collaboration in analyzing the impact of man-made disasters on the environment,” said H.E. Andrew Chernetsky, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to Korea. In an exclusive interview
By Lee Kap-soo “Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KGCCI) has been serving as Secretariat of the German-Korean Energy Partnership in Korea,” said Dr. Martin Henkelmann, President & CEO of KGCCI. In an exclusive interview with the Diplomacy Journal, President Henkelmann said, “We have been serving as Secretariat of the German-Korean Energy Partnership in Korea for around 3 years. Furthermore, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency are addressed intensively through numerous B2B meetings, conferences and delegations which we organize constantly.” Noting that German companies have
By Lee Kap-soo The following article was contributed by Mirzatillo Tillabaev, First deputy director of the National Human Rights Center of Uzbekistan, to The Diplomacy Journal. – ED. Uzbekistan supports the UN Call to Action for Human Rights. The importance of human rights is at the forefront of the continuous efforts to modernize the political, legal, and socio-economic aspects as outlined in the Uzbekistan 2030 Strategy. This Strategy aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and is committed to upholding the principle of “Leaving no one behind”. Over recent years, under the guid
By Lee Kap-soo The following article was contributed by the Embassy of Uzbekistasn in Seoul to the Diplomacy Journal. -- ED. On December 1, at the invitation of the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in the main plenary session of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), taking place these days in Dubai. The event is attended by heads of state and government from more than 170 countries, heads of international organizations and financial institutions. The President of Uzbekistan, si
By Lee Kap-soo “UAE is actively working on adopting a knowledge-driven and diversified economy,” said Amb. Abdulla Saif Al Nuaimi of UAE to Korea on Nov. 17. Delivering welcoming remarks at the gala event to celebrate the 52nd UAE national Day, which marks the formation of the country’s federation, Amb. Al Nuaimi said at Hotel Shilla in Seoul, “On Dec. 2 in 1971, the leaders of the Emirates agreed to unite the independent seven Emirates into a single nation. We celebrate this special event with the progress that the UAE has made over the past years. To continue the course of this progress, the