SEOUL: South Korea and Canada agreed to boost cooperation on crucial supply chains and work more closely to counter North Korea's growing nuclear threats after their leaders met in Seoul on Wednesday (May 17). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - on his first official visit to South Korea, and the first by a Ca
SEOUL: South Korea and Canada agreed to boost cooperation on crucial supply chains and work more closely to counter North Korea's growing nuclear threats after their leaders met in Seoul on Wednesday .
The two leaders also discussed regional security and condemned North Korea's banned nuclear program, Yoon told a joint press briefing, following another record-breaking year of missile launches by Pyongyang's Kim Jong Un. The two countries, which already have"deeply rooted people-to-people ties", also announced a new program designed to give Korean and Canadian young people"increased work and travel opportunities" in the other country.
The two countries signed a slew of memorandums of understanding, including one they said would contribute to"strengthening and securing supply chains for clean energy and critical minerals".
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