The US and South Korea held the 205th SOFA Joint Committee meeting at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek.
Both sides reaffirmed the importance of the US-ROK SOFA and acknowledged active communication on various alliance issues.
They also praised the efforts of the noise reduction subcommittee and the disease prevention and control subcommittee.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare held the 18th Korea-China Traditional Medicine Cooperation Coordination Committee in Beijing.
The two countries discussed enhancing academic and research cooperation, human exchanges, and AI and big data-based industry development.
This cooperation aims to elevate the international status of traditional medicine and contribute to public health improvement.

First Vice Minister Lee hosted a macroeconomic and finance meeting this morning. The meeting assessed the impact of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut on financial markets. Participants discussed response strategies for domestic and international financial and forex markets.

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The Ministry of Education has formed a task force for regional university development and held its first meeting. The task force consists of members from the educational and research sectors, as well as field experts. The first meeting discussed the development of industry-academia integrated specialized research universities.

The Ministry of Education and Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology announced the operation plan for the 2026 Advanced Industry Talent Development Bootcamp. A total of 88 schools will be supported, including 37 for AI, 2 for future cars, and 2 for robots. Participation universities will be recruited through the announcement on December 11th.