Tag: South Korea trip

Duterte meets with South Korea’s Moon; expresses optimism about denuclearization in Korean peninsula

  (Eagle News)~President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 4, expressed optimism  about denuclearization in the Korean peninsula. “The Philippines is hopeful that positive developments over the past several months will continue and contribute positively toward the goal of denuclearization in [the] Korean peninsula,” Duterte said after bilateral talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in the Blue House in Seoul. He was apparently referring to the Inter-Korea Summit on April 27, which saw the two […]

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DFA: Duterte to reassure S. Koreans of justice in Jee Ick Joo killing if issue is raised in S. Korea trip

(Eagle News) — The killing  of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo by rogue policemen is not on the agenda when President Rodrigo Duterte  visits South Korea from June 3 to 5. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Strategic Communication and Research Ernesto Abella said, however, that if the issue was raised, the President “will reassure (South Koreans) that everything that needs to be done is being done and that we will assure that justice will be done.” […]

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