米韓関係

米上院は6月17日、元下院議員のミシェル・スティール氏を駐韓米国大使に指名する案を、賛成55、反対39の票決で承認した。

2026年05月19日(火) AIによるレポート

アリソン・フッカー国務次官が今後数週間以内にソウルを訪問する。2025年10月の李在明大統領とドナルド・トランプ大統領による首脳会談で合意された事項を実行するための二国間ワーキンググループを立ち上げるためで、これまでの協議をさらに前進させる狙いがある。

President Lee Jae Myung met with leaders of major conglomerates in Seoul on Sunday to discuss follow-up measures to the recent U.S.-South Korea trade and security agreements, pledging to minimize barriers to corporate activities. The meeting followed the release of a joint fact sheet two days earlier, outlining Seoul's $350 billion investment plans in the U.S. in exchange for reducing U.S. tariffs from 25 percent to 15 percent. Business leaders shared plans for domestic investments and hiring to bolster the local economy.

2025年11月15日(土) AIによるレポート

President Lee Jae Myung is set to meet leaders of key conglomerates later on Sunday to discuss follow-up measures for the US trade and security agreements. The meeting follows two days after Seoul and Washington released a joint fact sheet from their recent summit talks. It includes South Korea's $350 billion investment plans in the US in exchange for tariff reductions.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Asia this week, including South Korea, to stress the need for allies to boost defense spending and contribute to collective defense. The Pentagon said Hegseth will praise South Korea's commitment to increasing defense spending and taking greater responsibility for alliance deterrence during the annual Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul on Nov. 4. This comes amid intensifying U.S.-China rivalry and North Korea's nuclear advances.

2025年10月26日(日) AIによるレポート

South Korea's national security adviser Wi Sung-lac said there is no information yet on a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. He stated that South Korea will be prepared should the possibility arise. The remarks came after Trump expressed openness to meeting Kim during his visit to South Korea this week.