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■ Topic: President Yoon's overseas trip, what are the achievements and challenges? ■ Host: Announcer Jeong Se-jin ■ Today's guests: Former National Assemblyman Baek Seung-joo, Former President of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy Kim Jun-hyung, Professor Kim Geun-sik of Gyeongsang National University, Former National Assemblyman Kim Jong-dae ■ Details [Overall evaluation of the presidential trip] 1) How would you evaluate President Yoon's 5-night and 7-day overseas trip? 2) What are the achievements and regrets? [Evaluation of the trip's achievements and future tasks] 1) President Yoon Seok-yeol's keynote speech at the UN General Assembly - President Yoon's speech emphasized 'freedom' and 'solidarity'. How would you evaluate it? - What about Biden and Kishida's speech where they didn't mention 'North Korea' at all? 2) Korea-Japan summit and Korea-Japan relations - Is the 30-minute informal meeting submissive diplomacy? vs. Has it opened the door to normalizing relations? (Evaluation of the contents of the talks? Concerns about legalizing North Korea's nuclear weapons, sharing of improvements in bilateral relations, etc.) (The process of making the talks happen. Difficulties in coordination between diplomatic authorities. What were the problems?) - Improvement of Korea-Japan relations. Will the grand bargain work? What is a desirable solution? 3) Korea-US summit and tasks - A brief 48-second conversation between the leaders. How should we view it? - Discussion of three major agendas (IRA, currency swap, extended deterrence) through three meetings. Will it be effective? (Attracting $1.15 billion in investment. Were they buried by economic diplomacy achievements such as strengthening the supply chain?) - How should we resolve IRA economic security issues such as semiconductors, batteries, and bio in the future? ※See more※ • Live Late Night Debate 220924 'President Yoon's overseas trip, what are the achievements and tasks?'