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Lee, Trump revisit military shipbuilding cooperation at NATO summit dinner

At a NATO summit dinner in Turkey, President Lee Jae Myung and President Donald Trump agreed to advance working-level talks on military shipbuilding and discussed a future U.S. visit.

2026.7.9

Top diplomats of Korea, U.S., Japan to meet on sidelines of NATO summit

As Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to skip the summit, officials say that the ministerial meeting will provide an alternative opportunity to reaffirm the momentum of trilateral cooperation.

2026.7.7

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Lee departs for Turkey to attend NATO summit

Turkey marks the first leg of President Lee Jae Myung's two-nation trip, after which he will head to Mongolia to meet with his Mongolian counterpart and discuss bilateral ties.

2026.7.7

Lawmakers from the opposition People Power Party denounce President Lee Jae Myung’s decision to skip the NATO summit during their press conference held at the National Assembly in western Seoul on June 23. [YONHAP]

Practical move or lost opportunity? Lawmakers, experts debate Lee's snub of NATO summit.

Rival lawmakers and foreign policy experts were of mixed minds on Monday regarding President Lee Jae Myung’s decision to skip the NATO summit in The Hague.

2025.6.23

President Yoon Suk Yeol, second from left, poses for a commemorative photo with the leaders of NATO’s Asia-Pacific Partners, or AP4, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on Wednesday. From left are Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Yoon, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon pitches tighter security cooperation between AP4 and NATO

President Yoon Suk Yeol called on NATO's Indo-Pacific partners to establish a "strong collective security posture" in solidarity with the Atlantic alliance to respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.

2023.7.12

President Yoon Suk Yeol, second from right, and first lady Kim Keon-hee are welcomed after arriving at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania on Monday to attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit. [YONHAP]

U.S. congressional delegation sings 'American Pie' for Yoon in Lithuania

President Yoon Suk Yeol was greeted by a rendition of "American Pie" during a chance encounter with a U.S. congressional delegation in Vilnius on Monday, his spokesperson said.

2023.7.11

Kim Tae-hyo, principal deputy national security adviser, gives the details of President Yoon Suk Yeol's visit to Lithuania for the NATO summit and Poland next week in a press briefing at the Yongsan presidential office Thursday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon to depart for six-day trip for NATO summit, Poland visit

President Yoon Suk Yeol will embark next Monday on a six-day trip to Lithuania for the NATO summit and Poland for an official visit, the presidential office said Thursday.

2023.7.6

President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee disembark from Air Force One at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Friday, after their five-day trip to Madrid for a NATO summit. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

First lady's friend was with her in Spain

Questions are being raised about a personal friend who accompanied President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee on their trip to Madrid last week.

2022.7.6

President Yoon Suk-yeol, right, shakes hands with U.S. President Joe Biden ahead of a trilateral summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of a NATO gathering at the IFEMA Convention Center in Madrid Wednesday afternoon. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Pyongyang squawks at goings-on at NATO summit

North Korea's Foreign Ministry condemned South Korea, the United States and Japan for efforts to strengthen security cooperation in a trilateral summit in Madrid and accused Washington of creating a NATO-like military alliance in the Asia-Pacific.

2022.7.3

President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks to reporters in a press conference aboard Air Force One en route to Seoul from Madrid after concluding a five-day trip to Spain to attend a NATO summit. [YONHAP]

Trilateral security cooperation is back, says Yoon

President Yoon Suk-yeol said he and the leaders of Japan and the United States agreed it would be desirable "in principle" to resume three-way security cooperation to respond to North Korea's threats, denying any attempt to exclude China.