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Ministers are launching talks over a new free trade agreement
and agreeing to a partnership on clean energy, while a range of
investments have been announced, including plans for wind farm
projects in South Korea from offshore wind firm Corio Generation
and BP PLC totalling $1.16 billion.
A conservative, Yoon has cited a "polycrisis" of global
challenges as a reason for seeking closer ties with like-minded
partners.
Britain rolled out the red carpet for Yoon on Tuesday, with a
guard of honor and a coach ride with King Charles to Buckingham
Palace, before an opulent State Banquet held in the president's
honor.
On Wednesday, the ceremonial Changing of the Guard at Buckingham
Palace will see the military band play K-pop hits, and at the
banquet Charles also displayed his apparent familiarity with the
pop genre, praising the environmental work of girl group
BLACKPINK, who were in attendance.
"I can only admire how they can prioritize these vital issues,
as well as being global superstars," he said, in a wide-ranging
speech where he paid tribute to the countries' cultural and
historic links, and those who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War.
"As our nations strive towards a harmony between progress and
preservation, between the past and the present, we can look to
the future with great confidence as our peoples forge ever
closer links."
South Korea on Wednesday suspended part of a 2018 military
agreement with North Korea after it defied warnings from the
United States and launched a spy satellite.
The suspension of a clause in the agreement will see South Korea
step up military surveillance along the heavily fortified border
with the North.
(Reporting by Alistair Smout in London, additional reporting by
Joyce Lee in Seoul, editing by Nick Macfie)
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