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Lee's big week in New York includes UN address, investor talks, but Trump summit unlikely

President Lee Jae Myung will head to New York on Monday to make his UN debut, delivering an address at the General Assembly and presiding over an open debate of the Security Council on AI and international peace.

2025.9.21

Korean President Lee Jae Myung, right, is greeted by U.S. President Donald Trump at the West Wing entrance of the White House in Washington ahead of the bilateral summit on Aug. 25. [WHITE HOUSE]

President Lee to make UN General Assembly debut this month

President Lee Jae Myung will make his UN General Assembly debut later this month, the presidential office announced Tuesday, and become the first South Korean leader to preside over an open debate of the Security Council.

2025.9.2

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A general view shows the United Nations Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on July 16. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

UN's North Korean sanction-monitoring team shares evidence of Pyongyang-Moscow military cooperation

The United Nations' Multinational Sanctions Monitoring Team, formed to support the implementation of international sanctions against North Korea, stated on Thursday that it shared cases of military cooperation between North Korea and Russia.

2025.7.18

First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun, center, former United States Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, left, and former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano, right, attend a Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team meeting at the government complex in Jongno District, central Seoul on Oct. 16, 2024. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Sanctions monitoring team's first report details North Korea-Russia military ties

North Korea has supplied more than 20,000 containers of artillery shells and missiles to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to the first report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) released Thursday.

2025.5.29

A North Korean soldier on active duty in Kursk is seen in a video released by Russia's state-run Tass News Agency [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Russia releases combat footage showing North Korean soldiers in Kursk

North Korean troops were shown in a new video, released by Russia, participating in the Russian military’s operation to retake the Kursk region, sparking strong international condemnation.

2025.4.30

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, center, delivers a joint statement signed by 50 countries on the expiration of a panel of experts monitoring the enforcement of North Korean sanctions at the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday. She is flanked by diplomats of supporting countries including South Korean Ambassador to the UN Hwang Joon-kook, second from left. [YONHAP]

Group of 50 countries push for new UN sanctions monitoring mechanism against North

A group of 50 countries, including South Korea, the United States and Japan, stressed in a joint statement Wednesday the need for an "objective" mechanism for monitoring sanctions enforcement on North Korea after the UN oversight panel disbanded.

2024.5.2

An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles toward Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

South Korea strongly condemns Iran's attack on Israel

Seoul strongly condemned Iran's attack on Israel, which did not result in any Korean casualties, according to the Foreign Ministry.

2024.4.14

The UN Security Council votes on a resolution to extend the mandate of the Security Council's panel of experts on North Korea for another year on March 28, 2024. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Russia's veto a move to dismantle sanctions regime on North, experts say

Russia’s veto of the extension to a UN Security Council panel monitoring sanctions on North Korea was a move to permanently dismantle sanctions against Pyongyang, according to top think tank researchers.

2024.4.1

South Korean Ambassador to the UN Hwang Joon-kook speaks during a UN Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

UN Security Council fails to extend sanctions panel for North Korea

The South Korean government expressed deep regret over the failure of the mandate of a UN expert panel monitoring the enforcement of sanctions against North Korea late Thursday.

2024.3.29

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Seoul imposes sanctions over illegal arms deals with Pyongyang

Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol underscored that arms deals between North Korea and Russia would be a "direct provocation" against the South.

2023.9.21