At the G7, where a statement condemning “forced labor” against China, South Korea’s largest trading partner, was prepared, South Korea contributed $200 million to the vaccine fund.
Regarding Britain's G7 summit, an official from the US delegation said, "There was a discussion on the issue of forced labor and there were various views on how difficult it would be to push China on this issue." "I made a firm statement about the need to make a strong statement in this regard," he told Reuters in the UK on the 12th.
Prior to the report, Reuters reported that a US official said, "The US will urge the G7 leaders to take concrete measures related to China's forced labor and demand such criticism in a timely manner in a communique (joint statement)." He said it was a meeting to build a common front in China's controlled economy.
The White House said at Britain's G7 on the 12th that "at the summit, the leaders agreed to discuss strategic competition with China and take concrete steps to meet the enormous infrastructure needs of low-income countries, and adopted the 'better rebuild' project of the United States." said.
Regarding the 'Build Back Better World (B3W)' strategy, the White House said, "President Biden met with the G7 leaders to discuss strategic competition with China and to meet the enormous infrastructure needs of low- and middle-income countries. Regarding the $40 trillion fund raising, he said, "G7 leaders cooperated with member countries as well as other 'like' partners to raise public-private funds, and with support from development financial institutions, health and health security climate change digital technology gender equality It said that it would invest in the company, and it was specified that the 200 million dollars mentioned by President Moon Jae-in is included.
"President Biden and Prime Minister Suga discussed the challenges shared by the Indo-Pacific and the world, including coronavirus, climate change, and peace and security in North Korea, China, and the Taiwan Strait," the White House said in a press release on the 12th. said.
The Blue House announced on the 13th that "in the health section of President Moon's first G7 government meeting, he said that he would donate $100 million this year as a coronavirus vaccine support and provide an additional $100 million in cash or in-kind next year."
President Moon attended the G7 in Cornwall, England, at the invitation of the United States, and met with representatives of vaccine development companies one after another by attending the three countries of KUAD and South Africa.
A joint statement adopted by the White House Korea-U.S. summit last month said, "We will support transparent and independent assessment and analysis of the origin of the corona outbreak and investigation of epidemics of unknown origin in the future." In order to expand its involvement with the GHSA Steering Committee and Action Package Working Groups, support GHSA goals, and help close the gap between partner countries, we promise to make a new commitment of $200 million over the period 2021-2025.” changed to a $200 million donation.
The Washington Post exemplifies 'better reconstruction (B3W)', exemplifying “Germany, which exports millions of automobiles annually to China, Japan, China’s neighbor and trading partner, and Italy participating in the Belt and Road Initiative,” and South Korea did not mention “No. There are countries,” he reported on the 13th.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on the 11th that "according to the declaration of the president, we have established a plan to relocate funds appropriately and change the use of the contract in accordance with applicable laws," and returned the budget that had been diverted from the previous Trump administration to the construction of the Mexican border wall to the USFK facility budget.
The announcement revealed that Deputy Defense Minister Kathleen Higgs will spend $2.2 billion on the construction of the border wall for 66 facilities in 11 states and 16 countries in three territories, and the USFK will be involved in the construction of command and control facilities and the construction of a hangar for unarmed drones.
At the second meeting of the 8th Central Military Commission of the North Korean Workers' Party on the 11th, "Important tasks to further enhance the combat power of the revolutionary armed forces and bring about a new transformation in the overall national defense project in line with the rapidly changing situation around the Korean peninsula and the demands of the internal and external environment of the Korean revolution are On the 12th, it was reported that Kim Jong-un emphasized that the People's Army must thoroughly maintain a highly turbulent posture.