Korea President “Korea and ASEAN are in one”

President of Korea “South Korea and ASEAN are in one” appeal for strengthening relationship November 26, 13:13

President South Korea's Moon Jae-in will attend a special summit meeting with ASEAN = Association of Southeast Asian countries on the 26th. Showed.

South Korea ’s President Moon Jae-in will attend a special summit meeting with 10 ASEAN countries in Busan on the 26th as part of the “New Southern Policy” to promote economic partnerships with Southeast Asia and India, which were launched immediately after the administration was established. It was.

At the beginning of the meeting, President Mun emphasized that South Korea and ASEAN overcame the Asian currency crisis in the late 1990s and that investment from ASEAN to South Korea has increased 70 times over the past 30 years.

After that, “If Korea and ASEAN become one, we can lead a new challenge to success. I hope to be reborn as a community”.

South Korea's domestic economy has slowed due to trade disputes between the United States and China, and there are also challenges in relation to North Korea, which refused to attend the meeting, and Japan, which has tightened export controls for South Korea. I have it.

Under these circumstances, President Mun is expected to adopt a joint statement in the afternoon and announce the results in an attempt to reinforce the connection with ASEAN through the conference.