{
  "id": 7303196,
  "title": "Korea, Uzbekistan agree on cooperation in critical mineral supply chains",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/korea-uzbekistan-agree-on-cooperation-in-critical-mineral-supply",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T11:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20260914/korea-uzbekistan-agree-on-cooperation-in-critical-mineral-supply-chains"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Lee Jae Myung and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met on Monday to discuss expanding cooperation in key areas such as critical mineral supply chains, artificial intelligence, and other emerging industries. The Korean leader emphasized that the partnership aims to bolster mutually beneficial cooperation and drive future growth, covering sectors like transportation, healthcare, climate change responses, digital technology, and defense. This agreement comes ahead of Korea's inaugural multilateral summit with five Central Asian nations - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan - set to take place in Seoul on Wednesday. During the summit, the focus will be on connecting Central Asia's critical minerals and energy resources with Korea's advanced technologies in exploration, processing, and manufacturing. Lee highlighted Uzbekistan as Korea's sole special strategic partner in Central Asia, describing it as a highly valued friend and a crucial component of the partnership.",
  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev agreed to expand cooperation in critical mineral supply chains, artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging industries, Monday, as Korea seeks closer economic ties with resource-rich Central Asia. “From transportation infrastructure to health care, responses to the climate crisis, critical mineral supply chains, AI, digital…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Presidents of Korea, Uzbekistan discuss critical mineral supply chains",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/presidents-of-korea-uzbekistan-discuss-critical-mineral-supply-chains",
        "published": "2026-09-14T09:57:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}