South Korea's Yoon to attend NATO summit, meet Japan PM -Yonhap

FILE PHOTO: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) at Elysee Palace in Paris, France June 20, 2023. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will attend a NATO summit in Lithuania next week, Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.

Authorities in South Korea and Japan were also arranging a meeting between Yoon and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the NATO event, the news agency said, citing Yoon's office.

(Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi; Editing by Ed Davies)