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Key summit meetings looking increasingly unfeasible within the year
Posted : 2020-12-11 17:21
Updated : 2020-12-13 20:30
President Moon Jae-in departs for Chengu, China, the venue of the 2019 Korea-China-Japan summit from an airport in Beijing, Dec. 23, 2019, after a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae-
By Do Je-hae
This has been a bad year for summitry due to COVID-19, but Cheong Wa Dae has nonetheless shown strong determination for arranging a Korea-Japan-China summit as well as a Korea-China summit.
With the end of the year only weeks away, the two summits are looking increasingly unfeasible within the year. On the outside, the continued surge in COVID-19 cases is a big reason for further delaying both occasions, but when looking closely, unresolved differences are making it more difficult to finalize them.
Moon s special envoy to Russia stirs speculations of political comeback
Posted : 2020-12-11 15:36
Updated : 2020-12-12 01:24
Former Ambassador to Russia Yoo Yoon-keun embarks on a trip to Russia Sunday as President Moon Jae-in s special envoy to discuss high-level exchanges and other key bilateral issues. Yonhap
Reports say Cheong Wa Dae is pursuing ruling party veteran as next chief of staff
By Do Je-hae
Cheong Wa Dae s announcement to send ruling party heavyweight Woo Yoon-keun as a presidential envoy to Moscow next week is raising speculations that the former three-term lawmaker could soon be making a political comeback, possibly as the next presidential chief of staff. Woo has stayed out of politics following his service as Moon s first ambassador to Russia from October 2017 through June 2019.
South Korea will dispatch a special envoy to Russia next week to commemorate the 30th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and explore ways for the development of their relations, Cheong Wa Dae announced Friday. Woo Yoon-keun, a former three-term ruling Democratic Party lawmaker, is scheduled to visit Russia on Sunday for a week in his capacity as President Moon Jae-in s special envoy. Woo, who served as ambass.
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