
Visit precedes President Lee Jae Myung's planned trip to APEC summit in Shenzhen
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will visit Beijing this week for talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, discussing North Korea and bilateral relations ahead of President Lee Jae Myung's planned APEC summit trip to Shenzhen on Nov. 18-19.
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South Korea's foreign ministry announced that Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will make a two-day visit to Beijing starting Friday for talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The visit precedes President Lee Jae Myung's planned trip to China to attend the APEC summit in Shenzhen on Nov. 18-19.
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will visit China this week for talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday.
Cho is scheduled to make a two-day visit to Beijing starting Friday, and the two ministers are expected to discuss North Korea and bilateral relations, according to the ministry.
The visit will precede President Lee Jae Myung's planned trip to China to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen on Nov. 18-19. Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders are also expected to attend the summit.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Cho Hyun and Wang Yi will hold talks on North Korea and bilateral relations during the two-day visit to Beijing.
Very likely · Within days
President Lee Jae Myung will attend the APEC summit in Shenzhen on Nov. 18-19.
Likely · Within days

Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun will visit Beijing, China from the 13th to the 14th and meet with Wang Yi, Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China and Minister of Foreign Affairs. The meeting will be held to discuss Korea-China relations and the regional situation on the Korean Peninsula ahead of President Lee Jae-myung's attendance at the Shenzhen APEC summit next week.

Shin Jang-sik, leader of the Fatherland Innovation Party, met with Choi In-ho, Senior Secretary to the President for Political Affairs, and discussed relaxation of the comprehensive real estate tax, the Democratic Meritorious Persons Act, and the Special Act to Resolve Inequality. Spokesperson Park Byeong-eon said that the issue of merger between the Innovation Party and the Democratic Party was not discussed.

In his speech on the 160th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized peaceful unification and cross-Strait dialogue with Taiwan and reaffirmed his opposition to Taiwanese independence. Ahead of the APEC summit, the U.S.-China summit, and local elections in Taiwan, he reduced his hard-line expressions and made conciliatory gestures.

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Hong Ji-seon said at the National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee on the 12th that there is a need to comprehensively review the effect of stabilizing housing prices and infringement on individual property rights regarding the reconstruction excess profit recovery system, and diagnosed that signs of a downturn in housing prices are being detected due to the accumulation of housing listings and a decrease in transactions.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon held a roundtable with college students to discuss ways to provide support for monthly rent and management fees and supply safe housing for young people to stabilize housing for young people. Starting from the second half of next year, support for management costs will be promoted, and interest-free support for youth safe housing deposits will be reflected in the budget.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will attend ASEAN and APEC summits in the Philippines and China next week while North Korea is unlikely to attend APEC or hold talks with the U.S., according to officials. Seoul shares rose amid Nvidia controversies, and a poll showed Lee's disapproval rating surpassing his approval rating. The government and ruling party agreed to tighten rules for reappointment of CEOs at financial holding firms.