By Lee Kap-soo President Yoon Suk-yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-hee attended a luncheon meeting for compatriots of the atomic bomb victims at the Presidential official residence on the afternoon of September 29, Chuseok, the second day of the six-day Chuseok holiday. As the president shook hands with compatriots, they stood up to greet him with loud applause. The President met with the atomic bomb survivors for the first time as a South Korean president in Hiroshima on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in May, and said he would invite them to South Korea in the near future, and he fulfilled that p
By Lee Jon-young On the afternoon of October 1, the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ROK Armed Forces and the 70th anniversary of the signing of the U.S.-ROK Mutual Defense Treaty, President Yoon Suk-yeol visited the Army's 25th Infantry Division on the front lines of the Western Front to inspect its robust military readiness and commend the soldiers for their efforts in vigilant operations. The President's visit included a report on military readiness from Maj. Gen. Choi Sung-jin, commander of the 25th Infantry Division, a tour of the GOP fence, and a meeting with soldiers. Upon his ar
By Kayla Lee President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held his first summit with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the afternoon of September 18. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Sri Lanka's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on the development of bilateral relations. President Yoon said that he looks forward to working with Sri Lanka, a key partner in Korea's development cooperation, in areas such as development cooperation, labor, climate change response, and trade and investme
By Kim Ji-eun On the afternoon of September 18, President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York for the 78th High-level Session of the United Nations General Assembly, held a summit with Captains Regent of the Republic of San Marino Alessandro Scarano and Adele Tonnini for the first time since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 2000. During the meeting, President Yoon requested San Marino's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on the development of bilateral relations. President Yoon expressed his pleasure to hold bilateral talks with San Marino, a country t
By Lee Kap-soo President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York for the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held a summit on Sept. 18 with Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye for the first time since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1991. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Burundi's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on the development of bilateral relations. President Yoon expressed his appreciation for the new era of bilateral relations based on the recent active high-level exchanges between the two countries and the fir
By Kayla Lee President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is visiting New York to attend the 78th high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly, held a summit with Czech President Petr Pavel on the afternoon of September 18. During the meeting, President Yoon requested the Czech Republic's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on ways to develop bilateral relations. President Yoon said that South Korea and the Czech Republic have worked closely together since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1990, sharing universal values such as freedom, human rights, and the rule
By Kim Ji-eun President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York for the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held a summit with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on the afternoon of September 18. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Denmark's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on the development of bilateral relations. President Yoon expressed his pleasure to hold bilateral talks with Denmark, a longtime friend who sent medical aid during the Korean War and shares the values of freedom, human rights, and the rule of law, and noted that the two cou
By Lee Jon-young President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York for the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held a summit meeting with Montenegrin President Jakov Milatiović on the afternoon of September 18, the first since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 2006. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Montenegro's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on ways to develop bilateral relations. Sharing the values of freedom, human rights, and the rule of law, President Yoon praised the steady development of the bilateral cooperation in va
By Kayla Lee President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York for the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held his first summit with Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the afternoon of September 18. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Turkmenistan's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on ways to develop bilateral relations. President Yoon said he was pleased to meet in person during the 15th anniversary of the elevation of bilateral relations to the status of mutually beneficial partnership. President Yoon praised the active construction
By Kim Ji-eun President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is visiting New York to attend the 78th high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly, held his first summit with Prime Minister Philip Joseph Pierre of Saint Lucia since taking office on the afternoon of September 18. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Saint Lucia's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on the development of bilateral relations. President Yoon noted that the two countries, which share the values of freedom, democracy, and human rights, are longtime friends who have worked closely together in
By Lee Kap-soo President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York for the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held a summit meeting with Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Komšić on the afternoon of September 18 for the first time since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1995. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Bosnia and Herzegovina's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on ways to develop bilateral relations. President Yoon noted that bilateral trade between the two countries is not yet large, but it is grow
By Lee Jon-young President Yoon Suk-yeol presided over the 75th Armed Forces Day celebrations at Seoul International Airport and Gwanghwamun on Sept. 26. This year's Armed Forces Day ceremony was characterized by the following features. First, it was the first time in 10 years since 2013 that a large-scale ceremony and parade was held to showcase the power of the Armed Forces. With more than 6,700 troops and 340 pieces of equipment participating in the event, the ceremony was held at Seoul International Airport in the morning, and a street march with the public was held from Sungnyemun to Gwan
By Kayla Lee President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the UN Secretariat and exchanged views on Korea-United Nations cooperation, the Korean Peninsula, and the war in Ukraine on the afternoon of September 19. President Yoon emphasized the importance of global solidarity, centered on the United Nations, in today's era of complex crises, and expressed his determination to play a responsible role befitting our international status. In particular, he expressed his country's willi
By Kim Ji-eun President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York for the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held his first meeting with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev since taking office on the afternoon of September 19. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Uzbekistan's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on ways to develop bilateral relations. President Yoon assessed the remarkable development of bilateral relations over the past 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992 and expressed his hope to further develop relations wit
By Lee Jon-young President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York for the 78th High-level Session of the United Nations General Assembly, held his first summit with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the afternoon of September 19. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Kazakhstan's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on ways to develop bilateral relations. President Yoon praised the rapid development of cooperation between the two countries since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992 and expressed his hope to further develop relations with Kazakhstan,