The Ministry of Science and ICT said Thursday it will begin a five-year joint project with Asean worth $30 million this year to foster digital innovation in Southeast Asia.
Officials and experts at the 12th Asean Connectivity Forum reviewed progress in the Master Plan of Asean Connectivity (MPAC) 2025, highlighting achievements in infrastructure development, regulatory cooperation and digital innovation.
Defense chiefs of South Korea, United States, Japan, the Philippines and Australia discussed multilateral cooperation on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) defense ministerial meeting in Laos.
The Asean-Korea Centre, in cooperation with Jeju Province and the Jeju Olle Foundation, organized an unveiling ceremony event to celebrate the naming of the Jeju Olle Trail 8 Route: Asean-Korea Olle.
President Yoon Suk Yeol said that Russia and North Korea's illegal military cooperation is further prolonging the war in Ukraine and is a direct challenge to UN Security Council resolutions on Friday in Laos.
President Yoon Suk Yeol and new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to promote a seamless development of bilateral relations in their first summit on Thursday, held on the margins of the Asean-related meetings in Laos.
President Yoon Suk Yeol underscored his vision of a unified, free and open Korean Peninsula that could lead to opportunities for greater economic development and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region in an address in Singapore on Wednesday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol began a six-day, three-nation trip to Southeast Asia on Sunday to hold bilateral summits and attend Asean-related meetings.
The presidential office announced Thursday that President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit the Philippines, Singapore and Laos next week as part of a six-day Southeast Asia trip to attend a series of Asean-related gatherings.
Korea's trade minister, Cheong In-kyo, met with the head of Asean's leading economic policy think tank, Tetsuya Watanabe, to discuss cooperation in trade, investment and supply chains.
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