The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, will pay a state visit to Britain in November.
The King and Queen will host the president and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, at Buckingham Palace. The King and Yoon previously met at a reception at the palace on the eve of the Queen’s funeral.
Earlier this month the King sent a message of congratulations and good wishes to Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s president, on the country’s national day.
Yoon, 62, a former prosecutor general, has devoted efforts to improving relations with Japan since he became president in May 2022. He has also hinted that Korea might provide military assistance to Ukraine on top of financial aid.
In a leaked phone conversation before the election, his wife was heard threatening to imprison critical journalists if he won the election.
She was also accused of plagiarism in her PhD dissertation, although she was cleared after an investigation by Kookmin University.
Buckingham Palace said the dates of the state visit would be announced later.
The King hosted a state visit by Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, in November last year.
