Japanese Premier Sanae Takaichi hosts South Korean President Lee Jae Myung for summit in her native province of Nara - Anadolu Ajansı

President Lee Jae-myung began the schedule for the South Korea-Japan summit on the 13th in Nara Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Prime Minister Takaichi arrived directly at President Lee’s accommodation ahead of the summit to greet him.

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung is set to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping as he seeks to reset frayed ties with his country's biggest trading partner. Regional security and Beijing's unofficial ban on Korean pop culture are also on the agenda for Monday's meeting, which is their second summit since November, when Xi visited South Korea.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on his visiting South Korean counterpart Monday to join Beijing in making the "right strategic choices" in a world that is "becoming more complex and turbulent", state media reported.

President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea, a key US ally in East Asia, arrived in Beijing at noon on Sunday for his first China trip since taking office. The four-day state visit comes at a moment when the global order is teetering,

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during his inaugural state visit to the world’s No. 2 economy, just as tensions simmer between Beijing and Tokyo.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that he wants to open a "new phase" for relations with China, after meeting with President Xi Jinping during Lee's first trip to Beijing since taking office in June.

President Lee Jae-myung instructed on the 13th that the government should gather opinions after the ruling Democratic Party of Korea conducts sufficient discussion and deliberation regarding prosecution reform and the prosecution’s right to supplementary investigations.