Can South Korea move from G7 guest to member?

President Lee Jae Myung’s appearance at this year’s Group of Seven summit has revived a longstanding question in South Korean diplomacy: Can the country move beyond being a guest and become part of an expanded G7 framework? Lee returned from Europe on Thursday after attending the summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, as an invited leader, holding talks with major counterparts and meeting US President Donald Trump. The trip showed how far South Korea’s diplomatic profile has risen, but also made cle

By The Korea Herald