South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is traveling through Central Asia this week, after touching down in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on June 10. He is scheduled to visit Astana, Kazakhstan on June 11-13 and finish up his trip with stops in Tashkent and Samarkand, in Uzbekistan, on June 13-15.
As The Korea Herald reported ahead of the trip, Kim Tae-hyo, first deputy director of the presidential National Security Office, told reporters that South Korea seeks to integrate its innovation prowess with the economic development potential in Central Asia, “based on strong trust and solidarity.”…