Foreign policy of the Yoon Suk Yeol government
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held the South Korea-Africa Summit and the Korea-Pacific Islands Summit to strengthen economic cooperation with these regions. The Indo-Pacific Strategy to strengthen solidarity with Indo-Pacific countries was also announced in the first year of his administration.
In 2023, when he visited Ukraine after the NATO Summit, the Framework Agreement on the External Economic Development Cooperation Fund was signed between the two countries. Additionally, an additional financial support package of $150 million was also announced.
Appointments
Cho Tae-yul, who was nominated as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2023, has worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1979, serving as Ambassador to the United Nations, Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador to Spain.
Asia
East Asia
China, Taiwan, and the South China Sea
In March 2023, Yoon called tensions between China and Taiwan a global problem and described the recent heightened tensions as "attempts to change the status quo by force." In response, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong expressed his displeasure by telling the South Korean ambassador to make "solemn representation" China also expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with Yoon's remarks, calling them "totally unacceptable."
Before his state visit to the UK in November 2023, President Yoon pointed out the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and rules-based maritime order in the South China Sea.
Japan
In March 2024, President Yoon said that South Korea and Japan are partners pursuing world peace and prosperity moving toward a new future.
North Korea
2021
During his election campaign in 2021, Yoon Suk Yeol said that he would ask that the United States to redeploy tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea if there is a threat from North Korea. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Japan and Korea Mark Lambert rejected Yoon's call, saying said the proposal was against U.S. policy.
2022
In November 2022, a US-South Korean air force exercise named Vigilant Storm was countered by North Korea by missile tests and an air force exercise.
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