By UN Journal Lee Jon-young Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Park Sang-woo visited Rwanda, Africa, to discuss the participation of Korean companies in new airport and new city development projects with local government officials. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT) on April 14, Park visited Rwanda on April 11-12 as a presidential envoy for the Korea-Africa Summit. The visit was aimed at successfully hosting the June 4-5 Korea-Africa Summit in Seoul and strengthening construction and infrastructure cooperation in Africa with Rwanda as a bridge
UNJournal Jon Lee | Jecheon City Mayor Kim Chang-kyu recently held a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Xing Haiming to explore ways to cooperate in attracting Chinese companies to invest in Jecheon. The meeting was attended by Jecheon Mayor Kim Chang-kyu, Chinese Ambassador to Korea Xing Haiming, Deputy Chief of Mission Fang Kun. They listened to the difficulties faced by Chinese companies in entering Korea and discussed continued cooperation for investment in Jecheon. As the atmosphere for attracting foreign companies to Korea is currently heating up, with many glob
By UN Journal Lee Jon-young TCG KINALIADA corvette, built as a state facility under Turkiye's national warship program MILGEM, will embark on an Asian tour from April 8 to August 19, 2024, visiting 20 countries to raise the profile of the Turkiye Navy, promote the national platform, and improve bilateral relations with the countries visited. TCG KINALIADA's first port of call will be Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, followed by visits to Djibouti, Somalia, Maldives, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, China, South Korea, and Japan. After Japan, it will visit the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka,
By UN Journal Kayla Lee While attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Foreign Ministers' Meeting (April 3-4, Brussels), Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul held back-to-back meetings with Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky and Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot on April 4 to discuss bilateral relations, cooperation in the international arena, and the situation on the Korean Peninsula and the region. During the meeting with Minister Lipavsky, Minister Cho expressed his hope that the two countries, which share universal values, will continue to strengthen high-level ex
UNJournal Jon Lee | Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, who is visiting Belgium to attend the NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting, held a meeting with New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Raymond Peters in Brussels on April 4 and exchanged views on bilateral relations, economic and trade cooperation, regional and international issues. Minister Cho expressed the significance of the meeting as the first high-level contact since the inauguration of New Zealand's new government in November last year, and called for more high-level exchanges between the two countries in the future,
By UN Journal Lee Jon-young The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the launching ceremony of the 2nd Korea-China Youth Group for Future Friendship Promotion at the Open Communication Forum on the 1st floor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 1. Among numerous applicants, 30 youths from both countries (20 Korean students, 10 Chinese students) were selected for the ‘Youth Group for Future Friendship Promotion.’ Over the course of five months, they will engage in various public outreach activities online and offline to promote mutual goodwill between Korea and China. In his welcome address,
UNJournal Jon Lee | Minister of Science and Higher Education Sayasat Nurbek of Kazakhstan paid an official visit to South Korea on April 1-2. During the visit, he held talks with his colleagues and Presidents of Korean Universities and discussed issues of cooperation in science and digital technologies. At a meeting with the Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong Ho they reviewed the present status of cooperation and charted the course for future collaborations. Additionally, Minister Nurbek met with the Mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding on providing scholarshi
UNJournal Jon Lee | Incheon City Mayor Yoo Jung-bok met with Peruvian ambassador to Korea Paul Fernando Duclos Parodi to discuss cooperation at the reception room of Incheon City Hall on April 1. The meeting was held at the request of the ambassador, who discussed the appointment of Peru as the country’s honorary consul in Incheon and ways to cooperate in economic and cultural fields. "Peru is hosting the APEC Leaders' Meeting for the third time this year, after 2008 and 2016," said Ambassador Duclos Parodi. "We are looking forward to hosting the APEC Leaders' Meeting in Korea next year, and w
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo Governor Kim Kwan-young of Jeollabuk-do held a meeting with Israeli Ambassador to Korea Akiva J. Tor and other embassy officials on April 2 to discuss international cooperation in areas such as Saemangeum development, joint ventures, and traditional cultural exchanges. The official meeting took place as Ambassador Akiva Tor was invited as a special speaker at the 5th anniversary of the opening of Jeonbuk Kukdong Broadcasting. During the meeting, Kim and Akiva Tor shared their entrepreneurship policies and proposed various economic cooperation initiatives, including te
By UN Journal Kayla Lee Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul met with Dr. Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Chair of the Defense Committee of the German Bundestag, on March 26. They exchanged views on Korea-Germany relations as well as regional and global issues such as the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Foreign Minister Cho welcomed Dr. Strack-Zimmermann’s first visit to Korea in 24 years and noted that bilateral relations have further developed through robust high-level exchanges held on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations last year. He also
By UN Journal Lee Jon-young Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul hosted the 18th Iftar dinner to celebrate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan on March 29. The dinner brought together Koreans and foreigners from relevant fields, including the diplomatic corps from the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). In his welcoming remarks, Foreign Minister Cho said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been holding the Iftar dinner for 20 years. He noted that what started as a gathering of some 20 participants from the diplomatic corps has now become an annual tradition de
By UN Journal Kayla Lee Hungarian Ambassador to Korea István Szerdahelyi visited the King Kong Gallery (CEO Lee Soo-min) in front of the Daegu Arboretum on March 28, accompanied by the head of the Hungarian Cultural Center in Korea, and viewed the works of 150 children aged 5 to 10. The visit to the King Kong Gallery in Daegu was a promise made by Ambassador Szerdahelyi to Daegu Nam-gu Cultural Center Director Lee Jae-nyeong in January, and he visited Daegu with the hope of expanding cultural exchanges with the Daegu region starting in 2024, the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between
UNJournal Jon Lee | President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan met with Ban Ki-moon, Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, and President of the Assembly of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) on March 28 in Boao, China. Tokayev expressed gratitude to Ban Ki-moon for the invitation to take part in the BFA and noted his considerable contribution to the world community as one of the best Secretaries-General in UN history. Ban Ki-moon emphasized the substantial contribution of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the development of international coo
By UN Journal Lee Jon-young Busan Nam-gu announced on March 26 that Mayor Susan Sonne of Buena Park City, USA, visited the United Nations Memorial Park on March 23 and laid a wreath at the gravesite of UN soldiers who sacrificed their lives for world peace. Mayor Susan Sonne said that the UN Memorial Park was one of the places she always wanted to visit when she visited Korea, and she was impressed by how Busan's Nam-gu is also making great efforts to protect world peace, centered on the UN Memorial Park. "I hope today's meeting will be an opportunity for the city of Buena Park and Nam-gu to i
UNJournal Jon Lee | “The Armed Forces of Myanmar is constantly engaged in protecting and preserving the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our country. They have made enormous sacrifices to make our country safe so that our future generation is secure,” said H.E. U Thant Sin, Ambassador of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Delivering welcoming remarks at an event to mark the 79th Anniversary of Myanmar Armed Forces Day held at the Riverside Hotel in Seoul on March 27, Amb. U Thant Sin said, “The Armed Forces Day serves as an opportunity for the government and military leadership to r