South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Hwang Joon-kook (R) is congratulated by his Japanese counterpart, Kimihiro Ishikane, after South Korea was elected as a nonpermanent member of the 15-member United Nations Security Council for a two-year term starting on Jan. 1, 2024, in a vote at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on June 6, 2023. (Yonhap)
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