By Diplomacy Journal Kayla Lee Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun had a meeting with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong on September 25, local time, on the occasion of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The two ministers exchanged views on bilateral relations and regional developments. Minister Cho noted that high-level exchanges have been actively taking place since the launch of the new Korean administration. He highlighted that this first meeting between the two foreign ministers, following their phone call on August 4, demonstrates the close strategi
By Diplomacy Journal Kayla Lee While visiting Washington, D.C., to attend the ROK-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Minister Cho Hyun met with Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific on Aug. 1, 2025 (local time). Later that afternoon, he spoke by phone with Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). The two sides exchanged views on the ROK-U.S. alliance, ROK-U.S.-Japan cooperation, North Korea's nuclear and North Korean issues, and regional and global situations. Minister Cho emphasized the impor