By Park Boram

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Saturday that South Korea and the United States should advance their ties beyond their time-honored alliance by expanding cooperation into technology, innovation and startups.

Lee made the remarks at a meeting in San Francisco with venture capitalists investing in Silicon Valley. The South Korean president arrived here Friday en route to Brazil, the first destination of his three-nation trip to South America.

"South Korea and the U.S. should expand the scope of their cooperation beyond the longstanding security alliance to include technology, innovation and startups," Lee said.

He insisted that combining the U.S.' world-class venture capital capacity and global networks with South Korea's advanced technology and manufacturing competitiveness would create new global innovators, the likes of global chipmakers Samsung Electrnics and SK hynix, that will lead the world.

pbr@yna.co.kr

(END)

  • 'Dracula' featuring Jennie maintains No. 5 on Billboard 100
  • (LEAD) BTS headlines first halftime show at World Cup final
  • Hybe to launch new 7-member girl group Tuide this year
  • 'Agent Kim Reactivated' reigns atop Netflix's weekly non-English chart for 3rd week

  • Nam Joo-hyuk to star in new Disney+ crime thriller 'Code'

  • Hybe to launch new 7-member girl group Tuide this year

  • (LEAD) BTS headlines first halftime show at World Cup final
  • Disney+ to release 2nd season of 'Made in Korea' in Sept.
  • (LEAD) S. Korea, U.S. open shipbuilding partnership center to advance MASGA initiative

  • (URGENT) S. Korea's Daejeon selected as host city for 2029 Invictus Games: veterans ministry

  • (3rd LD) S. Korean, global tech firms agree on US$950 bln cooperation projects: official

  • (LEAD) Nvidia chief pledges massive investment, cooperation with S. Korea in meeting with Lee
  • (LEAD) Lee meets OpenAI, Nvidia CEOs, calls for greater roles in S. Korea's AI investment projects
  • Naver gets $10 bln investment from Nvidia, Brookfield
  • (LEAD) Lee declares vision to make S. Korea leader in AI supply chain