South Korea

S. Korea, Malaysia forge strategic partnership to expand cooperation

President Yoon Suk Yeol and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim agreed on Monday to forge a strategic partnership to deepen bilateral cooperation in the defense inidustry, trade, energy, supply chains and other areas.The two leaders reached the agreement during...

Culture ministers of S. Korea, China hold talks

The culture ministers of South Korea and China have held talks in Shanghai to discuss ways to expand their cooperation in the areas of culture and tourism and hold regular high-level talks as part of such efforts, Seoul’s culture...

Defense chiefs of S. Korea, U.S., Japan, Philippines, Australia discuss cooperation on sidelines of ASEAN meeting

Defense chiefs of South Korea, United States, Japan, the Philippines and Australia discussed multilateral cooperation on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) defense ministerial meeting in Laos.In their first joint meeting held in Vientiane, the...

S. Korea, U.S., Japan launch secretariat for trilateral cooperation

South Korea, the United States and Japan officially launched a secretariat for trilateral cooperation Wednesday, following the announcement on its establishment at their leaders’ summit last week, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.The launch of the Trilateral Secretariat came days after...

Presidential office stresses importance of high-level communication with China

The presidential office said Monday that maintaining high-level communication is crucial to strengthening ties between South Korea and China, hoping to build on the momentum from the recent bilateral summit in Peru.While President Yoon Suk Yeol has focused on...

Korea agrees to reduce Indonesia’s financial share in KF-21 fighter jet project

Korea accepted Indonesia’s proposal to drastically reduce the Southeast Asian country’s financial contribution to their joint project of developing a new fighter jet, according to the state arms procurement agency.The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Friday that it...

Defense chief discusses cooperation with Canadian minister, U.S. senators

Defense Minister Shin Won-sik met with his Canadian counterpart and a U.S. Senate delegation, respectively, Friday for talks on defense and arms cooperation during an annual security forum in Singapore, his ministry said.Shin held the talks on the sidelines...

S. Korea, OECD to kick off digital society initiative this week: science ministry

A digital society initiative, jointly led by South Korea and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), will officially kick off this week to discuss global governance on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies, the science ministry said...

S. Korea, Britain to co-host AI Seoul Summit next week

South Korea and Britain will jointly host an artificial intelligence (AI) summit in Seoul next week, the science ministry here said Friday.As a follow-up to the AI Safety Summit held in England last November, the AI Seoul Summit will...

S. Korea, Cambodia forge strategic partnership

South Korea and Cambodia officially elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership on Thursday at a summit of President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet in Seoul.The announcement came “with full confidence in the future of...

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