Yoon Meets Heritage Foundation Founder of US Think Tank to Discuss ROK-US Alliance

Exchange of Opinions on Global Affairs Between US-Japan Academic Figures

President Yoon Suk-yeol is taking a commemorative photo after meeting with U.S. and Japanese academics and former officials at the Yongsan Presidential Office building in Seoul on the 14th.
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President Yoon Suk-yeol met on the afternoon of the 14th with Edwin Feulner, founder of the American think tank Heritage Foundation, along with scholars and former officials from the U.S. and Japan, the Presidential Office announced.

They visited Korea to attend the 'Asan Plenum' event hosted by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, exchanging views on the Korea-U.S. alliance, the development of Korea-Japan relations, and regional and global affairs.

President Yoon evaluated that the attendees have contributed to the foreign policies of the U.S. and Japan, as well as the Korea-U.S. alliance and Korea-Japan relations, based on their extensive experience and broad insights gained from academia, media, and government in the U.S. and Japan.

Experts from the U.S. and Japan, including founder Feulner, stated, "Since President Yoon's inauguration, the Korea-U.S. alliance and Korea-U.S.-Japan cooperation have soared higher than ever," adding, "We will strive to support Korea in contributing to the development of the Korea-U.S. alliance and to peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and the world, based on universal values of freedom, human rights, and the rule of law."

Also present at the meeting were Paul Wolfowitz, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense; James Steinberg, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State; Karen House, former publisher of The Wall Street Journal; John Hamre, chairman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Satoshi Morimoto, former Japanese Minister of Defense; Chung Mong-joon, honorary chairman of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies; and Choi Kang, president of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies.

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