China News Service, September 29. According to Yonhap News Agency, US Vice President Harris took a special plane to the Osan Air Force Base of the US military stationed in South Korea in Gyeonggi-do on the 29th.
Subsequently, South Korean President Yoon Seok-wyeh received Harris at the Yongsan Presidential Palace in Seoul.
This is the first visit by a US vice president to South Korea after 4 years and 6 months.
According to reports, Harris and South Korean President Yoon Seok-wook had a closed-door meeting.
The U.S. side was attended by U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg, Vice President Security Adviser Philip Gordon and others, and the South Korean side was attended by Foreign Minister Park Jin, Director of the National Security Office Kim Sung-han and others.
The two sides will mainly discuss issues such as the discriminatory treatment of Korean-made electric vehicles under the US Inflation Reduction Act.
It is reported that Harris may also discuss South Korea's gender equality policy with Yin Xiyue.
After visiting Yin Xiyue, Harris will also have a discussion with South Korean female representatives on the same day, visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between South Korea and North Korea, and embark on the road back to China on the evening of the 29th.
It is reported that Harris will pay a three-day visit to Japan on the 26th. As a representative of the U.S. government, he will attend the state funeral of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Arrive in Korea early.