By Lee Kap-soo President Yoon Suk-yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-hee, who are in New York for the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, hosted a luncheon for President and Mrs. Santiago Peña of Paraguay on Sept. 21. During the luncheon, President Yoon requested Paraguay's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on the development of bilateral relations. President Yoon once again congratulated President Peña on his inauguration in August, and expressed his hope that cooperation between the two countries will expand in all fields, including politics, economy, and c
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 with Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar on the afternoon of September 21. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Slovenia's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on ways to develop bilateral relations. The two leaders noted that South Korea and Slovenia have been actively communicating, with the summit coming on the heels of three foreign ministerial meetings this year, and hoped to use the meeting as an opportunity to further revi
By Kim Ji-eun President Yoon Suk-yeol attended the opening ceremony of the 2023 Festival at Geumgangsingwan Park in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do on Sept. 23.. The opening ceremony was held at the World Heritage Baekje Historic Site in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do, the former capital of the ancient kingdom of Baekje, and was attended by more than 14,000 people, including the governor of Chungcheongnam-do, the speaker of the Chungcheongnam Provincial Assembly, the mayor of Gongju, the county governor of Buyeo, and the people of Chungcheongnam-do. The Great Baekje Festival (formerly Baekje Culture Fest
By Kayla Lee President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York to attend the 78th High-level Session of the United Nations General Assembly, held his first meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani on the morning of September 22. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Iraq's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on ways to further develop bilateral relations. President Yoon noted that Iraq is our key infrastructure partner and that Korean companies have participated in major national projects in Iraq, including refineries, ports, new cities, and air bases,
By Kim Ji-eun 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 Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić since taking office on Sept. 22. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Serbia's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on ways to develop bilateral relations. Noting that the summit was held following the recent visit of Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić (Sept. 8-11), the two leaders evaluated the active communication between the two countries and called for further activation of hig
By Lee Kap-soo President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in New York for the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held his first summit with Prime Minister Ralph Everard Gonsalves of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the morning of September 22. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on the development of bilateral relations. President Yoon expressed his pleasure to hold his first bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Gonsalves, who is the first CARICOM country to hold the chairmanship of
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 luncheon with the leaders of six Pacific Island Countries and the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) on Sept. 22. President Yoon and the Pacific Islander leaders shared their assessment that the luncheon reinforced the momentum in the development of Korea-Pacific Islands relations, which was built upon the first Korea-Pacific Islands Summit held in Seoul in May. President Yoon reiterated that the Republic of Korea will continue to build a network of
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 Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on the afternoon of September 21. During the meeting, President Yoon requested Haiti's support for the 2030 Busan World Expo and exchanged views on ways to develop bilateral relations. President Yoon noted that Haiti was the first Caribbean country to establish diplomatic relations with Korea, and appreciated the high-level exchanges that have been taking place, including the Prime Minister's meeting in July and this summit
By Lee Kap-soo Busan City Mayor Park Heong-joon met with Ambassador-designate Georg Wilfried Schmidt of Germany to Korea, on Sept. 21 in the International Council Chamber of Busan City Hall to discuss interaction and cooperation between Busan and Germany. Georg Schmidt met with Mayor Park during his visit to Busan as part of his participation in the KGCCI 2023 Economic Outlook event. Georg Schmidt, who was appointed to the post in July after serving as the German Ambassador to Thailand, is an expert on Far East Asia with a master's degree in Far East Asian Studies from the School of Oriental a
By Lee Jon-young President Yoon Suk-yeol delivered a keynote speech at the 'New York Digital Vision Forum' held at New York University on September 21 in the U.S., with representatives from the U.S. and world-renowned scholars in attendance, and presented the basic principles of the 'Digital Bill of Rights', a new digital order. The forum was held at the same venue exactly one year after the New York Initiative ('22. 9. 21), which first proposed the need for international solidarity in establishing a new order in the era of deepening digitalization. Since the announcement of the New York Initi
By Kayla Lee Jeju City will participate in the 2023 World Forum of Friendly Cities in Weihai City, Shandong Province, China, and sign a Friendship and Cooperation City Agreement with Weihai City. Under the theme of "Green Development and Low Carbon Living," the World Forum of Friendship Cities invites more than 1,000 representatives of international friendship cities, business leaders, experts, and media representatives from 16 cities in Shandong Province to promote cooperation. At the opening ceremony on September 25, Jeju City will sign a Friendship and Cooperation City Agreement with Weihai
By Lee Kap-soo President Yoon Suk-yeol delivered a keynote address to the United Nations General Assembly in the plenary hall on Sept. 20. During the General Debate on the theme of "Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity," President Yoon expressed his commitment to actively contribute to addressing global disparities and other challenges. President Yoon pointed out that the gap between countries is growing amid a complex crisis, including the division of values and ideologies caused by the war in Ukraine, the contraction of the global economy and the escalation of the food and energ
By Lee Jon-young Travelers who lose or have their passports stolen while traveling in Vietnam can now get an "extension of temporary residence for departure" (exit visa) at the Da Nang Immigration Office without having to travel to Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. According to the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) on Sept. 20, the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam (which oversees immigration offices in all regions of Vietnam) sent a letter to the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Da Nang on August 11, officially informing that "From August 15, exit v
By Lee Jon-young The Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency and the Mackiss Company held a ceremony to deliver the 'Now We Are' drug and fraud prevention trademark to eradicate drug crimes and prevent leading investment fraud on Sept. 20. The ceremony was held in cooperation with the two organizations to actively spread the message of the seriousness of drug crimes that threaten the safety of citizens and the eradication of leading investment fraud. The Mackiss Company will release and distribute a total of 400,000 bottles of 'Now We Are' soju with the drug prevention message 'Never start drugs, a
By Lee Jon-young The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the government of the Spanish province of Santiago Galicia have decided to expand exchanges through the Olle Trail and pilgrimage routes. Governor Oh Young-hoon of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province met with Ambassador Guillermo Kirkpatrick of Spain to Korea and a delegation from the province of Galicia at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 19 in the office of the provincial government. The meeting was attended by Mr. Ildefonso Kampa, Director of Pilgrimage Routes of Montenegro, Galicia, Ahn Eun-joo, CEO of Jeju Olle, and Ko Yoon-joo, Ambassa