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South Korea and Egypt Upgrade Ties to Strategic Partnership, Open Trade Agreement Talks

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South Korea and Egypt Upgrade Ties to Strategic Partnership, Open Trade Agreement Talks

Presidents Lee Jae Myung and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi signed or revised 12 agreements in Seoul, building on a defense relationship centered on K9 howitzers and aiming to widen it into trade, energy and shipbuilding. SEOUL, South Korea and Egypt have upgraded their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership and formally launched negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Seoul said on Thursday. The decisions followed summit talks in Seoul between South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The upgrade matters because it pairs a higher diplomatic status with a concrete trade negotiation, something a ceremonial upgrade does not always include. Speaking at a joint press conference on October 8, Lee said the two sides had i...

How Seoul Built Its Case Against North Korea After the DMZ Blast, and What Is Still Missing

The DMZ landmine investigation into the 21 September explosion now rests on a few physical clues: where the blast happened, how large it was, what it left behind and what soldiers saw. South Korea's military says those clues point to North Korean mines, and Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul told lawmakers on Tuesday that their placement broke the armistice. Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rejected the conclusion on Wednesday, so the two governments now dispute evidence that neither has fully made public. The case is strongest on location and weakest on intent, and HCN's earlier report on the blast covers where the accusation began. What the DMZ landmine investigation has established The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the blast happened about 10 metres sout...

Lee Jae Myung Begins First South Korean State Visit to Mexico in 16 Years

The Lee Jae Myung Mexico visit got under way on Wednesday night, Sept. 23, when the South Korean president's plane touched down in Mexico City. It is a state visit, the first by a South Korean president to Mexico in 16 years. On Thursday, Lee sits down with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for summit talks, and the two leaders are then due to oversee the signing of several memorandums of understanding, share a luncheon and hold a joint press announcement. Seoul says it wants closer ties on trade, investment, energy and critical mineral supply chains, though no results had been announced when this report was written. Lee flew in from the United States, where he attended the UN General Assembly as part of a trip that runs from Sept. 21 to Sept. 27. What to expect from the Lee Jae Myung...