By Diplomacy Journal Kayla Lee Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met separately with U.S. Senators Andy Kim (Democrat, New Jersey), Todd Young (Republican, Indiana), and Bill Hagerty (Republican, Tennessee) in Washington on September 10 and 11 (local time), exchanging views on the detention of Korean nationals and measures to improve the visa system to prevent recurrence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on September 12. Minister Cho stated, “Our citizens are deeply concerned about the situation where a large number of our professional personnel, who visited the U.S. to faithfully carry out i
By Diplomacy Journal Lee Kap-soo U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Andy Kim, currently visiting Korea, held a roundtable on August 19 with three leading Korean shipbuilders—Hanwha Ocean, HD Hyundai, and Samsung Heavy Industries—as well as officials from Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Defense Acquisition Program Administration and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. During the roundtable, Korean shipbuilders underscored both their strong commitment and proven capabilities to advance U.S.–Korea shipbuilding cooperation. At the same time, they emphasized th