The «C5+1» format is a regular multilateral dialog between Central Asian countries and the United States. The first meeting of the foreign ministers of the region and the United States took place in November 2015 in Samarkand, marking the beginning of this dialog.The aim of the format is to maintain

President Yoon Suk-yeol and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg have agreed to upgrade the partnership and bolster security cooperation between South Korea and the Atlantic alliance.The agreement was signed at a meeting between the two leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday (local time). Yoon is

The Korean government has dispatched a Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) to support the suppression of wildfires burning throughout Canada.The government held a Public-Private Joint Council for Overseas Emergency Relief, chaired by Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin, on June 29.In the meeting, the

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Do-hoon participated in a bilateral meeting with U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez on June 27.The bilateral meeting took place on the sidelines of the ROK-U.S.-Mongolia trilateral dialogue on critical mi

Minister Nam Sung-hyun of Korea Forest Service (KFS) and Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on forestry cooperation in the presence of the two leaders at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday, June 23.Thro

President Yoon Suk-yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-he left for France on June 19 to promote Pusan's bid to host the 2030 World Expo. President Yoon is also scheduled to visit Vietnam as a state guest.Yoon will attend a general assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the internationa

Deputy Minister for Political Affairs of the Korean Foreign Ministry Choi Young-sam discussed regional and global issues, including the situation on the Korean Peninsula and ways to promote confidence building measures and preventive diplomacy to enhance regional peace and stability on June 14.The A

Trade, Industry and Energy 1st Vice Minister Jang Young-jin attended the Korea-Japan joint technology R&D project launching ceremony on June 14 in Seoul for strengthening both countries’ fine chemical technology competitiveness as bilateral economic and private sector exchanges are gaining momentum

Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on June 1 for an official visit to the country. Foreign Minister Park had a bilateral meeting and a dinner with Minister of Foreign Affairs Bakhtiyor Saidov, and had a broad exchange of views on key bilateral issues, regional affa

President Yoon Suk-yeol had talks with former Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga Yoshihide Suga at the Office of the President in Seoul on May 31.A news release from presidential spokesperson Lee Do Woon quoted President Yoon as telling his guest, "Through three Korea-Japan summits over the pas

By Vice Chairman Song Na-ra, Managing Editor Kevin LeeAmbassador Ramin Hasanov of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Seoul said, “Today Azerbaijan and Korea enjoy full-fledged and multidimensional cooperation and partnership and high-level relations between the two friendly countries are dynamic and uniq

By Columnist Choe Chong-daeAzerbaijan is frequently associated with Heydar Aliyev, the former President and national leader of Azerbaijan (1923-2003), who was known for advocating a political ideology aimed at preserving and strengthening the multicultural traditions of the Azerbaijani people. His p

By the Presidential Decree No. PF-68 of May 8, 2023, “On Calling the Early Election of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan,” the early presidential elections in Uzbekistan are scheduled for July 9, 2023.According to the amendments to the Election Code made by the Constitutional Law of the Re

President Yoon Suk-yeol hosted a summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Office of the President in Seoul on May 17. The prime minister was invited to visit Korea by President Yoon during the latter's trip to Canada in September last year, presidential spokesperson Lee Do-woon said

“The investment incentives and facilitations, export related programs and strategic trade networks that are already in place will create a win-win outcome for businesses from the Republic of Korea in Malaysia,” said Ruhizam Idris., director of MIDA Seoul.In an interview with The Korea Post media, pu

Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Choi Young-sam of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the 4th Korea-Kuwait policy consultation with Assistant Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs of Kuwait Sameeh Essa Johar Hayat, who is on a visit to Korea on May 10.In the policy consultation, the two sides ex

The Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul celebrated the Bangla New Year-1430 with great fervor and festivity on May 7, 2023 at the auditorium of the Eunpyeong Gu Sports Center in Seoul. More than 300 Bangladeshi nationals and their families living in the Republic of Korea spontaneously took part in the ev

The following article and picture materials have been provided by the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post media, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language news publications since 1985.—Ed.By Nodir Jumanyozov, Head of Department of the Ministry of Justi

The following article and picture materials have been provided by the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post media, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language news publications since 1985.—Ed.On May 8, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziy

By Kim Jong-do (Director of the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, Korea University) Twenty-eight Koreans living in Sudan departed from the Korean Embassy in Khartoum, the capital city, at dawn on April 23, and ran a long distance of 33 hours and 1,200 kilometers at risk to arrive in Port S