Lee, Takaichi bring hometown diplomacy to Andong to deepen ‘substantive cooperation’

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi are set to meet in Lee’s hometown next week to “strengthen substantive cooperation” across a broad range of areas, according to Cheong Wa Dae. Takaichi will visit Andong in North Gyeongsang Province, where Lee was born and lived until elementary school, from next Tuesday to Wednesday at Lee’s invitation, senior presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung announced Friday. Lee and Takaichi will take part in a series of eng

By The Korea Herald