President Lee Jae-myung departed for Malaysia through Seoul Air Base on the morning of the 26th to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit.
Lee will visit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for 2 Days & 1 Night starting today.
Following the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada in Jun. and the U.N. General Assembly in New York in the United States last month, this marks the third multilateral diplomatic stage since taking office.
Lee's first local schedule will be a dinner meeting with overseas Koreans.
The next day, Lee will hold a summit with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet to discuss pending issues such as advancing the two countries' strategic partnership and cooperating on responses to online scam crime.
Lee will then present a blueprint for advancing the comprehensive strategic partnership between Korea and ASEAN at the Korea-ASEAN summit and plans to emphasize strengthened cooperation among ASEAN and the three countries of Korea, China, and Japan through the ASEAN+3 (Korea-China-Japan) summit.
On the sidelines of the multilateral meetings, Lee is also expected to meet for the first time with Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, who took office on the 21st.
U.S. President Donald Trump will also attend this ASEAN summit. There is a possibility the two leaders will encounter each other ahead of the Korea-U.S. summit scheduled for the 29th.
After a summit with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, chair of ASEAN this year, Lee is expected to head home.