Yoon: "Thoroughly Implement Follow-up Measures on Security, Industry, and More After the Summit"

Request to Staff at the Chief Secretary Meeting on the Morning of the 8th

President Yoon Suk-yeol on the 8th instructed, "Please thoroughly follow up on matters related to security, industry, science and technology, culture, and exchanges for future generations discussed at the Korea-Japan summit."

On the same day, President Yoon presided over a senior secretaries meeting at the Yongsan Presidential Office in the morning and conveyed this request, spokesperson Lee Do-woon said in a written briefing.

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Fifty-two days after the summit in March, President Yoon and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, who met again the day before, reaffirmed their willingness to cooperate in the fields of economy and security. They held concrete discussions on strengthening semiconductor supply chain cooperation between South Korean semiconductor manufacturers and Japanese related 소재·부품·장비 (materials, parts, and equipment) companies, and newly outlined Japan's future role in the 'Washington Declaration,' considered the greatest achievement of the recent state visit to the U.S. The Japanese Prime Minister also expressed his first stance on the victims of forced labor. However, Prime Minister Kishida did not directly use terms such as 'apology' or 'sorry.'

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