President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) and first girl Kim Keon Hee arrive at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, simply south of Seoul, Friday, after a three-nation Southeast Asia journey. (Yonhap)
President Yoon Suk Yeol returned house Friday from his journey to the Philippines, Singapore and Laos that targeted on diplomacy to strengthen ties with Southeast Asian nations and draw assist for his coverage on North Korea.
Throughout the six-day journey, Yoon attended a sequence of annual summits involving the 10-member Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Laos on Thursday and Friday, and made state visits to the Philippines and Singapore.
It marked Yoon’s third consecutive yr attending the regional summit, which has grown in strategic significance amid the continuing geopolitical rivalry between america and China.
This yr, South Korea and ASEAN upgraded their relations to a “complete strategic partnership,” the best degree of relations that ASEAN can forge with a dialogue associate.
Throughout his go to to Singapore, South Korea and Singapore signed a provide chain partnership settlement, and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on liquefied pure gasoline cooperation.
Within the Philippines, the 2 nations cast a strategic partnership, marking the primary improve of their 75 years of diplomatic relations. South Korea pledged round US$2 billion from the Financial Growth Cooperation Fund to assist key infrastructure initiatives and signed an MOU on a feasibility examine on the long-dormant Bataan nuclear energy plant. (Yonhap)