{"id":34615,"date":"2026-03-08T12:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34615"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:50:38","slug":"exclusive-prime-ministers-of-singapore-south-korea-to-attend-this-months-boao-forum-for-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34615","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Prime ministers of Singapore, South Korea to attend this month\u2019s Boao Forum for Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The prime ministers of South Korea and Singapore will be among the world leaders attending this month\u2019s Boao Forum for Asia, three sources said, adding to a growing string of leaders from developed economies who have visited China this year.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The annual conference is scheduled to be held in Boao, Hainan province, from March 24 to 27, its organiser announced earlier.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai\u2019s most recent trip to China was in June, when he met President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang and attended the Annual Meeting of the New Champions \u2013 also known as <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/global-economy\/article\/3316098\/china-becomes-bright-spot-uncertain-time-scmps-summer-davos-highlights?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Summer Davos<\/span><\/a> \u2013 in Tianjin.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok will be following in the footsteps of his country\u2019s president, Lee Jae Myung, who visited China for four days in January amid a revival in bilateral ties.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Other details of the two leaders\u2019 itineraries in China have yet to be confirmed, the sources said.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">In the past two months, the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Canada and the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3344661\/merzs-china-tightrope-warm-words-hard-questions-beijing?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">chancellor of Germany<\/span><\/a> have visited China. Meanwhile, the White House has announced that US President Donald Trump will travel to China from March 31 to April 2.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The annual Boao Forum, inaugurated 25 years ago, is a high-level platform at which political and business leaders can foster regional ties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3345739\/prime-ministers-singapore-south-korea-attend-months-boao-forum-asia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prime ministers of South Korea and Singapore will be among the world leaders attending this month\u2019s Boao Forum for Asia, three sources said, adding&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}