President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) waves hands before boarding Air Force One with first lady Kim Keon Hee at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Sunday (Oct 6). - Photo: Yonhap
SEOUL: President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday (Oct 6) embarked on a state visit to the Philippines, as part of a weeklong trip to three Southeast Asian countries on the occasion of the Asean summit later this week.
Yoon is the first South Korean leader to go on a state visit to the Philippines in 13 years, after the former conservative president Lee Myung-bak.
