President Yoon Seok-yeol met with US President Joe Biden in New York on the 21st (local time) and had a brief conversation.
President Yoon was invited to the 'Global Fund 7th Financial Commitment Meeting' held in downtown New York on the afternoon of the same day.
It was an unexpected event hosted by President Biden.
A key official in the presidential office explained to reporters before the meeting, "President Yoon was not a participant, but he was invited to this meeting."
After the event, President Yoon was called for the second time and took a group photo on stage, and met President Biden while the leaders of each country were talking freely.
President Yoon stood around President Biden and held hands and talked for about 40 seconds.
The content of the conversation between the two leaders is still unknown.
The Korea-U.S. summit of the originally expected scale and format is actually in an atmosphere of difficulty.
This is the aftermath of President Biden's shortening of his stay in New York for reasons such as domestic political schedules.
The event was attended by President Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft (MS) also attended.
(Photo = Yonhap News)