South Korean President Yoon Sweeping Through Central Asia – The Diplomat

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is traveling through Central Asia this week, after touching down in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on June 10. He is scheduled to visit Astana, Kazakhstan on June 11-13 and finish up his trip with stops in Tashkent and Samarkand, in Uzbekistan, on June 13-15.

As The Korea Herald reported ahead of the trip, Kim Tae-hyo, first deputy director of the presidential National Security Office, told reporters that South Korea seeks to integrate its innovation prowess with the economic development potential in Central…