Summary of the 3 days and 2 nights summit between Korea and the United States "There are no visible results..."

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President Biden stayed in Korea for 3 days and 2 nights like this, then went to Japan.

Let's summarize with Kim Ki-tae, a reporter from the Political Department.

[Reporter Ki-Tae Kim: First of all, it gave meaning to the fact that the Korea-US summit was held 11 days after the inauguration of President Yoon Seok-yeol, the shortest period in history.

Considering the precedent of visits by Japanese presidents to the history of U.S. presidents in East Asia, Korea's status has risen. It is self-evaluation that the ROK-U.S. alliance is stronger than ever.]

[Reporter Ki-Tae Kim: First of all, from a security standpoint, such an expression appears: "The US uses all available defense capabilities to confirm extended deterrence against South Korea."

Compared to the joint statement between President Moon Jae-in and Biden in May of last year, it contained more specific content including nuclear, conventional and missile defense capabilities.

The agreement to restart the high-level expansion deterrence strategy consultative body and to expand the scope and scale of training through joint exercises not only on the Korean Peninsula but also around it can be seen as a concrete change.

In the economic field, it was agreed last year to form ties in areas such as climate, global health, 5G, and 6G. The specific achievement is the decision to establish a ministerial level dialogue.]

[Reporter Ki-Tae Kim: From the perspective of the United States, Korea's participation in the Indo-Pacific order envisioned by them was taken one step further, and Samsung and Hyundai Motors' investment in the United States achieved concrete results.

On the other hand, it is a general assessment that we have less noticeable results in the economic field than in the United States.

Although the joint statement contained a plan to strengthen cooperation in the nuclear field, such as small module reactors, as well as artificial intelligence and space exploration, the key issue in the future is whether the U.S. can lower the threshold a bit to attract substantial technology transfer and investment. Seems to.

A key official in the presidential office gave a somewhat naive explanation, "As Korean companies expand their investments in the United States, they also want the United States to invest more."

(Video Edit: Yang Wen)