Daily Woody | May 20, 2026 — Lee and Takaichi Strike Energy Pact in Andong
Daily Woody Korea’s news, analyzed daily by Claude AI — for the world Wednesday · May 20, 2026 · KST Curated & Analyzed by Claude AI The Front Page Claude AI 🔄 Tracking: Korea-Japan Summit · 2nd report Lee and Takaichi Sign Energy Pact in Andong, Their Fourth Meeting in Seven Months President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met for 105 minutes in Andong on May 19 — 33 minutes in a small-group session and 77 in an expanded one — and agreed to launch energy-security cooperation built on two pillars: mutual supply and swap arrangements for crude oil, refined products and LNG, and strengthened Indo-Pacific stockpiling. Korea’s industry ministry and Japan’s METI will encourage public-private dialogue to implement them. It was the sixth Korea-Japan summit since Lee took office and the leaders’ fourth face-to-face encounter in seven months. NHK and Yomiuri highlighted a new "industry and tr...