Policies

President Moon reaches out internationally over NK

President Moon Jae-in holds a series of phone calls with Germany, the U.S. and Russia, at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 4, to talk...

President Moon meets ILO director-general, Russian federal security director

President Moon Jae-in (right) meets with Director-General Guy Ryder of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to discuss his new administration's labor policies, at Cheong...

President Moon calls for new means against NK nuclear weapons

President Moon Jae-in presides over an emergency meeting of the National Security Council, at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 3. (Cheong Wa Dae) By Sohn JiAe President...

PM meets Panamanian vice president, Lao foreign minister

Panamanian Vice President Isabel de Saint Malo (left) and Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon meet at the Government Complex Seoul on Aug. 30. By Kim Young Shin Photos...

President Moon to visit Vladivostok for Eastern Economic Forum

Cheong Wa Dae announced on Sept. 1 that President Moon Jae-in will visit Vladivostok, Russia, to attend the Eastern Economic Forum on Sept. 6...

President Moon nominates ambassadors to US, China, Japan

President Moon Jae-in nominates ambassadors to the U.S., China and Japan, Cheong Wa Dae announced on Aug. 30. In the photo, Cheong Wa Dae...

Thirty-eight nations to attend Seoul Defense Dialogue

Park Cheol Kyun, the defense ministry's deputy director general for international policy, briefs the press on the upcoming 2017 Seoul Defense Dialogue, at Seoul's...

Korea, Japan vow to increase pressure on NK

President Moon Jae-in speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Aug. 30 to discuss North Korea’s latest missile launch that passed over Japan...

President Moon meets U.S. foreign affairs committee chairperson

President Moon Jae-in (right) meets with Representative Ed Royce, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 28. By Yoon...

President Moon calls for stronger military stance against North Korea

Presidential Senior Secretary for Public Relations Yoon Young-chan briefs the press about the outcome of a National Security Council emergency meeting convened following North...

Korea, China, Japan discuss environmental issues

Minister of the Environment Kim Eunkyung (center) poses for a photo after signing a joint statement at the 19th Tripartite Environment Ministers’ Meeting among...

Korea, Russia agree to cooperate on N.K. denuclearization

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov (fourth from left) holds a meeting with his Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha (third from right) at the foreign ministry...

Prime Minister Lee holds talks with Bulgarian parliamentary leader

President Dimitar Glavchev (left) of the Bulgarian parliament and Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon shake hands at the Seoul Government Office on Aug. 23. (Prime...

President Moon calls for active role in addressing North Korean issues

President Moon Jae-in speaks in a briefing with officials from the ministries of foreign affairs and of unification, at the Government Complex Seoul on...

Korea, China mark 25th anniversary of diplomatic relationship

President Moon Jae-in and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping exchange congratulatory messages on Aug. 24 to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties between Seoul...

President Moon meets with U.S. Senate subcommittee

President Moon Jae-in holds talks with a delegation from the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, at Cheong Wa Dae on...

President Moon meets with Korean, Japanese lawmakers

President Moon Jae-in (fourth from left) meets with Korean and Japanese members of the Japan–Korea Parliamentarians' Union, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 21. By Yoon...