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President’s office confirms Kishida’s visit to Seoul

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will make a two-day visit to Korea over Sunday and Monday to meet with President Yoon Suk Yeol, the Korean presidential office announced Tuesday.

2023.5.2

Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands prior to holding bilateral talks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Nov. 13, 2022. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Yoon and Kishida to meet for summit in Tokyo on March 16 and 17

President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Tokyo from March 16 to 17 for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the presidential office said Thursday.

2023.3.9

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President Yoon Suk-yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands ahead of a bilateral meeting in New York on Wednesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

In New York, Yoon only gets brief talks with Kishida, Biden

Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol had brief meetings with the leaders of Japan and the United States in New York on Wednesday, not the formal summits initially envisioned by Seoul.

2022.9.22

President Yoon Suk-yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands ahead of their bilateral meeting in New York on Wednesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Korean and Japanese leaders agree on need to improve relations in first bilateral talks

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held their first bilateral talks in New York Wednesday and agreed on the need to improve relations between the two countries and shared concerns over Pyongyang.

2022.9.22

President Yoon Suk-yeol, right, accompanied by first lady Kim Keon-hee, shakes hands with officials after arriving at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Monday. [YONHAP]

Yoon Suk-yeol arrives in New York, second stop on trip

President Yoon Suk-yeol arrived in New York Monday, kicking off the second leg of a three-country tour after wrapping up a visit to London where he attended Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.

2022.9.20

Japan blindsided by North's Olympic opt-out

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called North Korea's decision to skip the Tokyo Olympics a “unilateral announcement” Tuesday, but kept open the possibility that Pyongyang could still change its mind last minute.

2021.4.7

Park Jie-won, director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), is surrounded by reporters after his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at his residence in Tokyo Tuesday afternoon. [YONHAP]

NIS chief proposes joint statement to Japan's Suga

Park Jie-won, Korea’s top intelligence chief, proposed a new joint Korea-Japan leaders’ statement in a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga but was told that the idea was “unrealistic,” according to Japanese media reports Wednesday.

2020.11.11

New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to the media in Tokyo on Thursday. [AFP/YONHAP]

New Japanese prime minister looks to build 'forward-looking' relations with Korea

New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called Korea an "important neighbor" and expressed hopes of building "forward-looking" relations in a letter to President Moon Jae-in, the Blue House said Monday.

2020.9.21