Lee's G20 visit signals Korea's strategic tilt toward Global South

President Lee Jae Myung’s four-nation swing through the Middle East and Africa, culminating at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, signaled a strategic recalibration in Seoul’s foreign policy, diplomatic analysts said Sunday. Driven by the imperative to secure supply chains for critical minerals and energy, the trip provided momentum for the administration's effort to forge deeper ties with the Global South and expand Korea's international responsibilities. The Global South is a term often used for the collective grouping of developing economies across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. This strategic recalibration reflects Seoul’s effort to broaden its diplomatic portfolio, presenting itself as a steady partner in Africa and elsewhere, and actively working to reduce its vulnerability to geopolitical disruptions in global trade. During the first session of the multilateral gathering on Saturday (local time), Lee called the first G20 summit to be held in Africa "highly meaningful" and expressed support for the African Cooperation Framework, a multilateral initiativeWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times