Press Briefing

Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Affairs Lee Jaewoong

July 3, 2025  14:30  KST

Good afternoon. Let me start today’s briefing.

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Yoonjoo will visit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from July 9 to 11 for the 2025 ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers’ Meetings.

On July 10, the Vice Minister, together with his counterpart from Thailand, the ASEAN-ROK country coordinator, will co-chair the 28th ASEAN-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and then attend the 26th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

On July 11, Vice Minister Park will attend the 15th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the 32nd ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and co-chair the 13th ROK-Mekong Foreign Ministers' Meeting with Viet Nam, which currently serves as the Mekong-ROK dialogue co-chair.

At the upcoming ASEAN-related meetings, Vice Minister Park will highlight Korea’s democratic resilience and the Korean government's policy emphasis on ASEAN. He will also discuss with other participants ways to strengthen substantive cooperation between Korea and ASEAN.

(A question-and-answer session followed.)