SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk-yeol will attend a virtual global summit on the COVID-19 response on Thursday, his office said, in what will be his first attendance at a multilateral meeting of world leaders.
The planned summit comes shortly after North Korea confirmed the first outbreak of COVID-19 in the country earlier in the day.
The United States and Germany will also participate in the upcoming meeting, according to Yoon’s office.
(Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
