Korean president, Japanese prime minister to speak at Stanford University on Nov. 17

Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida, right, and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, Sept. 10. [UPI/YONHAP]

Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have reportedly agreed to speak at Stanford University on Nov. 17.

The two leaders will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco next week.

The agreement was reported by Japan's Kyodo News on Wednesday, citing several Japanese government sources.

The Korean presidential office, however, has not confirmed the report.

Yoon and Kishida have been meeting almost every month since Yoon traveled to Japan in March, thawing a relationship that had been in the deep freeze for more than a decade.

The visit was the first summit between a Korean president and a Japanese prime minister in 12 years.

In response, Kishida met Yoon in Seoul in May.

The two again met at the NATO summit in Lithuania and at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, where they met with U.S. President Joe Biden.

The last meeting was in September when Yoon and Kishida attended the G20 summit in New Delhi.

BY LEE HO-JEONG [lee.hojeong@joongang.co.kr]