Press Briefing

Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Affairs Lee Jaewoong

October 21, 2025  14:30  KST

Good afternoon. Let me start today’s briefing.

The second meeting of the Korea–U.S. Business Travel and Visa Working Group will take place in a virtual format on the morning of Wednesday, October 22, to discuss ways to facilitate business travel of Korean companies to the U.S. and to improve the U.S. visa system for them.

The Korean and U.S. delegations to the meeting will be led by Jung Ki-hong, Government Representative for Korean Nationals Overseas Protection and Consular Affairs, and Jonathan Fritz, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, respectively. Included in the two countries’ delegations will be officials of their relevant government agencies.

For the detailed results of the meeting, please refer to the press release to be issued tomorrow.

(A question-and-answer session followed.)