Ambassador and Deputy Minister for Public Diplomacy Lim Sang-woo held the 2nd Republic of Korea-United States Public Diplomacy Dialogue with U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers in Seoul on Wednesday, April 1.

※ The 1st ROK-U.S. Public Diplomacy Dialogue was held in Seoul on December 1, 2023.

The Dialogue was convened to support the implementation of the joint outcomes of the two ROK-U.S. Summits held in 2025 through public diplomacy. The two sides exchanged extensive and in-depth views, exploring ways for practical cooperation across various agendas including bilateral cooperation on public diplomacy, public diplomacy cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond, cooperation on the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States through the Freedom 250, and contingency and public diplomacy.

Both sides recognized that public diplomacy not only enhances mutual understanding and trust between the two peoples but also serves as a key policy tool for facilitating the implementation of major tasks of the ROK-U.S. alliance. In particular, they agreed to work together to effectively promote understanding of the value and importance of the ROK-U.S. alliance among the citizens of both nations and the international community through strategic messaging, digital communication, and expanded people-to-people and cultural exchanges.

Furthermore, both sides shared their views on the need to review the status of public diplomacy cooperation and identify new areas of collaboration by holding the ROK-U.S. Public Diplomacy Dialogue on a regular basis and to continuously deepen and reinforce public diplomacy cooperation amid a changing international environment.

Lastly, the two sides reaffirmed the robust ROK-U.S. alliance and their commitment to implementing the Joint Fact Sheet (JFS) from the ROK-U.S. Gyeongju Summit by signing the ROK-U.S. Memorandum of Cooperation in support of the Freedom 250 and agreed to cooperate on various commemorative events.