1st Korea-U.S. Working Group Meeting on the DPRK Cyber Threat

The 1st ROK-U.S. Working Group Meeting on the DPRK Cyber Threat was held in Washington D.C. on August 9. At the Meeting, the two sides reached a common understanding that close coordination between the two countries is crucial to block the DPRK’s attempts to generate hard currency for its nuclear and missile programs through overseas IT workers and cryptocurrency heists. The two sides discussed how they could work together specifically to respond to the DPRK’s illicit cyber activities.

25th ASEAN-Korea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin attended, as Co-chair, the 25th ASEAN-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on August 4. In the Meeting, Foreign Minister Park presented the ROK government＇s initiative to foster greater solidarity with ASEAN. The participants exchanged views on regional and global issues, including the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs Meets with the U.S. Administrator of NNSA

Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs Ham Sang wook had a meeting with Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the U.S. Department of Energy and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Jill Hruby on Friday, August 12, in Korea. They exchanged views on cooperation between the ROK and the U.S. in the civil nuclear field, and disarmament and nonproliferation.

Korea Provides COVID-19 Vaccines for Grenada, and Bosnia and Herzegovina

In support of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Korea has been providing vaccines for countries in need of them, including those in Asia and Africa, since 2021. The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses Korea has shared so far stands at 6.65 million.