The defense chiefs of Korea and the United States held phone talks Tuesday over recent media reports about a leak of purported U.S. military documents, Seoul s defense ministry sai.
Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo will visit Washington this week to prepare for President Yoon Suk Yeol s state visit to the United States, the presidential office said Monday.
Korean and U.S. businesspeople looking forward to meeting President Yoon Suk-yeol in New York ended up being disappointed, after the presidential office canceled Yoon s appearances.
President Yoon Suk-yeol has proposed what he called the "audacious initiative" designed to provide comprehensive economic assistance to North Korea in return for its denuclearization. In his speech marking the 77th anniversary of Liberation Day on Monday, Yoon said the plan will help significantly improve North Korea's economy and its people's livelihoods in stages should the North begin a "genuine and substantive" process for denuclearization.