Press Briefing

Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Affairs Park Il

March 19, 2026  14:30  KST

Good afternoon. Let me start today’s briefing.

I have two things to share with you today.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold the Fifth Overseas Nationals Protection Committee meeting on the afternoon of March 20, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun as its chair.

The Committee consists of officials of 14 relevant government agencies and civilian experts for deliberations on issues pertaining to the protection of overseas Korean nationals based on the “Act on Consular Assistance of Protecting Overseas Korean Nationals.”

During the meeting, the participants will review and adopt the second General Plan for Protecting Overseas Korean Nationals.

This government-wide plan will serve as a guideline on activities to protect overseas Koreans over next five years from 2026 to 2030.

The Foreign Ministry will do its utmost to formulate and implement to make a real difference in people’s lives.

Moving on, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Yoonjoo will have a meeting with Secretary (East) of the Ministry of External Affairs of India Periasamy Kumaran in India on March 20.

This high-level bilateral meeting will take place approximately one month after the 6th vice-ministerial Korea-India Foreign Policy and Security Dialogue held in Seoul in February. The interagency Korean delegation to the forthcoming meeting will comprise officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources, and the Financial Services Commission, among others.

At the meeting, the two sides will discuss in depth bilateral cooperation projects in such areas as economy, science and technology, finance, defense and defense industry, people-to-people exchanges and culture, designed to promote their Special Strategic Partnership. 

(A question-and-answer session followed.)