외교저널 (Diplomacy Journal) 이준석 기자 | 해양경찰청은 7월16일 최근 전국적인 집중호우에 따라 산사태・하천범람 등으로 인명피해가 발생하고 있어 “소속 지휘관을 대상으로 안전관리에 총력 대응할 것을 지시했다”. 고 밝혔다. 특히, 각 해경서는 하천과 바닷물이 유입되는 항포구 정박선박 침몰 및 유실에 대비하고, 해안가, 갯바위 등 연안 위험구역에 대하여 출입을 통제하는 등 인명피해 예방을 위한 안전관리 강화와 각 구조세력에 대하여 긴급 출동・구조태세 유지를 당부했다. 또한, 인명·재산 피해가 발생한 지자체와 협조하여 해안가 연안 수해지역을 파악하고, 조속한 복구를 위해 적극적으로 인력·장비 등을 지원할 계획이다. 해양경찰청은 “집중호우 기간 중 해안가 너울성 파도에 의한 월파와 하천, 해안가 범람 우려 등에 따라 국민들께서는 해안가 접근을 자제하고, 해양경찰관의 통제에 적극적으로 따라줄 것”을 당부했다.
외교저널 (Diplomacy Journal) 이정하 기자 | 박진 외교부 장관은 7월14일 아세안 관련 외교장관회의 계기 왕이(王毅, WANG Yi) 중국 중앙정치국 위원 겸 외사판공실 주임과 인도네시아 자카르타에서 약 45분간 회담을 갖고, ▴한중관계 전반 ▴한반도 문제 ▴지역ㆍ국제 정세 등 상호 관심사에 대해 논의했다. 양측은 지난해 11월 G20 계기 한중 정상회담에서 한중관계를 지속 발전시켜 나가기로 한 정상간 공감대를 재확인하고, 상호존중ㆍ호혜ㆍ공동이익에 기반하여 건강하고 성숙한 한중관계를 만들어 가기 위해 세심한 주의와 노력을 기울여 나가기로 했다. 양측은 정상ㆍ외교장관 등 고위급 교류의 중요성에 공감하고, ▴외교안보대화 ▴차관급 전략대화 ▴차관급 인문교류촉진위 ▴1.5트랙 대화 등 다양한 수준에서 양국간 소통과 교류를 강화해 나가기로 했다. 또한, 양측은 ▴안정적인 공급망 관리 ▴인적교류 확대 ▴문화콘텐츠 교류 활성화 등 실질협력의 가시적인 성과를 달성하기 위해 적극 협력해 나가기로 했다. 박 장관은 북한의 7월12일 장거리 탄도미사일 발사를 강력히 규탄하고, 북한이 도발을 중단하고 비핵화 대화에 복귀하는 것은 한중간 공동이익으
By Reporter Anna Kim Minister Park Jin of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on July 13 (local time) during the ASEAN-related Foreign Ministerial Meeting held in Jakarta. This meeting marks the seventh foreign ministerial meeting between South Korea and Japan since May of last year. Both ministers welcomed the unprecedented level of close communication between the two countries, which has fully restored shuttle diplomacy. They also evaluated the enhanced substantive cooperation in various fields, including diplomacy, security, and th
By Reporter Kayla lee The champion competition award ceremony, announcing the results of the smoothly concluded competition of the participating choirs in Part 2 of the Gangneung World Choir Championships, took place on July 13 at Gangneung Arena. In the Women's Chamber Choir category, the Belgian choir 'Amaranthe' emerged as the champion, while the Dutch choir 'De Koor Close Harmony' claimed the championship in the Jazz and Gospel categories, receiving enthusiastic applause from the choirs. JOA Choir, which was among the top 10 teams in the SBS Choir Audition Sing for Gold, unfortunately, onl
By Reporter Kayla lee Jeju City Mayor Kang Byung-sam attended the "Shandong International Youth Forum" held in Zibo City and Dezhou City for four days from July 6 to 9. He delivered words of encouragement to young people from around the world and inspected corporate sites. The forum was attended by over 1,000 young people from 85 countries, and Jeju City was represented by a total of nine participants, including young civil servants and young entrepreneurs based in Jeju City. Mayor Kang participated in meetings with key leaders of Shandong Province and foreign guest organizations, where they d
Reporter Kayla Lee The Gyeonggi Provincial Council visited Mongolia's Darkhan-Uul Provincial Council, a friendship region, on July 7 and agreed to renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish friendly relations between the two councils and make mutual efforts to enhance the relationship. The visit by the Gyeonggi Provincial Council delegation was in response to the request from the Darkhan-Uul Provincial Council, which had visited the Gyeonggi Provincial Council in April and May. Since the beginning of this year, both sides have been engaged in practical consultations to resume tem
Reporter Kayla Lee First Lady Kim Keon-hee participated in the NATO Summit Spouses’ Program on July 12, local time. The program included spouses of heads of state from Ukraine, Japan, France, Turkey, Greece, Poland, and others. Invited by the First Lady of Lithuania, Diana Nausėdienė, and the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, Kim Keon-hee met with Ukrainian children, women, and youth at the Ukrainian Center in Vilnius. The Ukrainian Center, which opened in June 2022, is the first center for Ukrainian refugees within EU member states, providing temporary childcare, children's education, cu
Reporter Kayla Lee During his visit to Lithuania to attend the NATO Summit, President Yoon Suk-yeol held a summit with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan for about 30 minutes on July 12 (local time). The two leaders evaluated the efforts to improve bilateral relations, including the restoration of shuttle diplomacy after 12 years, through mutual visits between Seoul and Tokyo in the first half of this year, and agreed to continue efforts to further develop bilateral cooperation in a future-oriented manner. To achieve this, the two leaders agreed to actively utilize government and private se
By Reporter Anna Kim In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, President Yoon Suk-yeol held a summit with President Sauli Niinistö of Finland to explore cooperation for the next 50 years. During the meeting on July 12, President Yoon, on the occasion of attending the NATO Summit, exchanged views with President Sauli Niinistö on the development of bilateral relations, strengthening substantive cooperation, international trends, and cooperation on the international stage. Both leaders emphasized the need to enhance cooperation not only in the fie
By Reporter Anna Kim resident Yoon Suk-yeol held a summit with New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on July 11 to discuss measures for enhancing stability and substantial cooperation in the supply chain within the Indo-Pacific region, a key partner for both countries. During the summit meeting, which took place on the occasion of President Yoon's participation in the NATO Summit, the two leaders agreed to further develop the cooperation between their countries as universal values-sharing nations that uphold freedom, human rights, and the rule of law. Acknowledging that bilateral trade betw
By Reporter Anna Kim During his visit to Poland, President Yoon Suk-yeol, accompanied by First Lady Kim Keon-hee, hosted a dinner meeting with overseas Koreans living in Poland on July 12. The meeting took place with the participation of around 80 diaspora members actively engaged across Poland. In his words of encouragement, President Yoon emphasized that since establishing diplomatic relations in 1989, Korea and Poland have built an exemplary and mutually beneficial cooperative relationship, and now both countries have become important strategic partners for each other. President Yoon mentio
By Reporter Anna Kim President Yoon Suk-yeol held a summit with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in conjunction with his participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit on July 11. The two leaders, meeting for the first time since President Yoon's inauguration, acknowledged the rapid development of a close relationship between the two countries since establishing a strategic partnership in 2021, following the resumption of diplomatic relations in 1989. They emphasized the substantial deepening of cooperation, as evidenced by the record-breaking bilateral trade volume
By Reporter Anna Kim President Yoon Suk-yeol held a summit with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on July 11, as part of his attendance at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit. During the meeting, they exchanged views on the development of bilateral relations, enhancing substantial cooperation, international situation trends, and cooperation strategies on the international stage. President Yoon emphasized the significance of the recent high-level exchanges between the two countries, including the visit of the Swedish Prime Minister to Korea, considering Sweden as a long-st
Reporter Kayla Lee President Yoon Suk-yeol held a summit with Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis on July 11, as part of the NATO Summit, to discuss substantial cooperation between Korea and Romania and major international issues including the North Korean nuclear problem. President Yoon expressed his expectations for close cooperation between the two countries not only in the automotive and steel industries, in which they have collaborated in the past, but also in future areas such as nuclear power plants, infrastructure development, and defense. In particular, President Yoon acknowledge
By Reporter Anna Kim President Yoon Suk-yeol met with a US Senate delegation visiting Lithuania on July 11, local time, as part of their activities as observers of the US Senate NATO Observer Group. During the meeting, they exchanged views on the ROK-US alliance, the Ukraine issue, and cooperation between South Korea and the NATO. President Yoon expressed his gratitude for the wholehearted and bipartisan support shown by members of the US Congress for the ROK-US alliance during his joint address to Congress in April. He stated that the meeting with the US Senate delegation on the occasion of t