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  "id": 6711628,
  "title": "Korea, US hold public diplomacy forum on Global South cooperation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/korea-us-hold-public-diplomacy-forum-on-global-south-cooperation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T05:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/others/20260911/korea-us-hold-public-diplomacy-forum-on-global-south-cooperation"
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  "account": "Korea and the United States convened a joint forum this week to explore avenues for enhancing strategic collaboration with nations in the Global South, announced Seoul's foreign ministry on Friday. The 2026 Korea-U.S. Public Diplomacy Forum convened at Georgetown University in Washington on Thursday, under the theme \"The New International Order and the Global South: Expanding Horizons for Korea-U.S. Strategic Cooperation,\" as per the ministry.\n\nThe Global South encompasses a wide range of developing and emerging economies scattered across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Officials from both countries deliberated on the evolving geopolitical and economic security dynamics within the Global South, as well as strategies to broaden their joint public diplomacy initiatives, according to the ministry.\n\nYoon Chu-sok, deputy chief of mission at the Korean Embassy in Washington, remarked in his congratulatory remarks that the Global South is gaining increasing importance due to its substantial population, vast economic scale, and rich reserves of critical minerals and resources. \"We will continue to identify programs and events spanning various domains to further strengthen our partnership with the Global South,\" Yoon stated.",
  "summary": "Korea and the United States held a joint forum this week to discuss ways to expand strategic cooperation with countries in the Global South, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday. The 2026 Korea-U.S. Public Diplomacy Forum took place at Georgetown University in Washington on Thursday (U.S. time) under the theme \"The New International Order and the Global South: Expanding Horizons for Korea-U.S.…",
  "key_points": [
    "Korea and US held joint forum on Global South cooperation",
    "Forum at Georgetown University in Washington on Thursday",
    "Focus on expanding strategic collaboration and public diplomacy"
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  "editors_take": "This diplomatic forum signals a strategic refocus by Korea and the US on courting influence and cooperation with developing nations, acknowledging their growing economic and geopolitical significance.",
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