Overview

• President Lee Jae Myung will meet Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Busan during a two-day visit starting Tuesday, with a summit and official dinner scheduled.
• The presidential office says the talks aim to solidify a foundation for future-oriented cooperation and to discuss stronger trilateral alignment with the United States.
• This will be the first bilateral summit with a Japanese prime minister held outside Seoul in 21 years, following Junichiro Koizumi’s 2004 meeting in Jeju.
• Ishiba’s trip follows the resumption of shuttle diplomacy in August, after which both leaders agreed to meet in Korea and Lee proposed a venue outside the capital.
• The announcement came as Lee returned from a week in the United States for UN General Assembly engagements and investor outreach in New York.