Yoon's state visit to the Philippines begins...a memorial dedicated to the Korean War

President Yoon Suk Yeol, on a six-day tour of Southeast Asia, arrived in the Philippines, his first destination, to begin a state visit.President

Yoon arrived in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, this afternoon (6th) with his wife, First Lady Kim Gun-hee on Air Force One, a presidential aircraft.President Yun

was the first to visit and lay flowers on the "Korean War Veterans Memorial" created to commemorate the deaths of troops dispatched to the Philippines during the Korean War.

Tomorrow (7th) will attend the official welcoming ceremony and hold a summit meeting with Philippine President Marcos, and carry out the MOU exchange ceremony and joint press presentation.President

Yoon will then make a state visit to Singapore and then move to Laos, where the ASEAN Summit will be held, to attend the ASEAN+3 Summit and the East Asia Summit.

Some observers say that the ASEAN summit could lead to the first summit between President Yoon and the new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.