Tennis - Davis Cup - Group B - Spain v Republic of Korea - Pavello Municipal Font de Sant Lluis, Valencia, Spain - September 18, 2022 Republic of Korea's Nam Ji-sung, Kwon Soon-woo and Song Min-kyu watch Hong Seong-chan during his match against Spain's Roberto Bautista-Agut REUTERS/Pablo Morano 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon (L) and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pose for a photo during their meeting in Seoul February 25, 2008. REUTERS/Jung Yeon-Je/Pool (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon (L) and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice walk together during their meeting in Seoul February 25, 2008. REUTERS/Jung Yeon-Je/Pool (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon (L) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during their meeting in Seoul February 25, 2008. REUTERS/Jung Yeon-Je/Pool (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon answers reporters' questions during a news conference regarding his retirement at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul February 20, 2008. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon answers reporters' questions during a news conference regarding his retirement at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul February 20, 2008. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (L), toasts with his South Korean counterpart Chun Yung-woo (R) after receiving the order of diplomatic service merit known as the Gwanghwa Medal, from South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon before their meeting at the foreign ministry in Seoul February 20, 2008. REUTERS/Lee Jin-man/Pool (SOUTH KOREA) 

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (L), shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon after receiving the order of diplomatic service merit known as the Gwanghwa Medal, before their meeting at the foreign ministry in Seoul February 20, 2008. REUTERS/Lee Jin-man/Pool (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (R) shakes hands with Japan's Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi during their meeting at the headquarters of Foreign Ministry in Seoul January 8, 2008. REUTERS/Han Jae-Ho (SOUTH KOREA) 

Top South Korean nuclear negotiator Chun Young-woo (L) and other officers listen to Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (not seen in photo) during a news conference at the ministry headquarters in Seoul December 27, 2007. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon speaks during a news conference at the ministry headquarters in Seoul December 27, 2007. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon speaks during a news conference at the ministry headquarters in Seoul December 27, 2007. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (R) looks at pictures of Jews killed in the Holocaust during a visit to the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem December 2, 2007.
REUTERS/Oleg Popov (JERUSALEM) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon bows his head after laying a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem December 2, 2007. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (JERUSALEM) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon rekindles the "eternal flame", commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust, during a visit to the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem December 2, 2007.
REUTERS/Oleg Popov (JERUSALEM) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon lays a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem December 2, 2007.
REUTERS/Oleg Popov (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (L) stands with her South Korean counterpart Song Min-soon before their meeting in Jerusalem December 2, 2007. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (L) stands with her South Korean counterpart Song Min-soon before their meeting in Jerusalem December 2, 2007. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (JERUSALEM) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon speaks during his weekly news briefing at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul November 27, 2007. REUTERS/Han Jae-Ho (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon speaks during his weekly news briefing at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul November 27, 2007. REUTERS/Han Jae-Ho (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (R) shakes hands with Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China (CPC), during dinner at the official residence of Song in Seoul November 26, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (R) talks with Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China (CPC), before dinner at the official residence of Song in Seoul November 26, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (R) shakes hands with Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China (CPC), before dinner at the official residence of Song in Seoul November 26, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Song Min-soon (2nd L) exchanges signed documents with Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo (2nd R) as they are applauded by South Korea's President Roh Moo-hyun and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) during the signing ceremony for the 11th Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)-South Korea Summit in Singapore November 21, 2007. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Bernier (R) gestures as he speaks to South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Min-Soon Song during a photo-op at Le Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City November 6, 2007. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger (CANADA) 

Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Bernier (R) gestures as he speaks to South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Min-Soon Song during a photo-op at Le Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City November 6, 2007. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger (CANADA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon answers reporters' questions during a news conference with foreign correspondents at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club lounge in Seoul November 1, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon answers reporters' questions during a news conference with foreign correspondents at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club lounge in Seoul November 1, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon answers questions during a news conference at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul October 31, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon answers questions during a news conference at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul October 31, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon answers questions during a news conference at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul October 31, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon delivers a speech during a seminar for peace on the Korean peninsula at a hotel in Seoul October 26, 2007. U.S. troops will remain on the Korean peninsula even if the North and South reach a peace deal to replace the armistice that ended their 1950-1953 war, South Korea's foreign minister said on Friday. REUTERS/Han Jae-Ho (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon answers reporters' questions during his weekly news briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul October 24, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon answers reporters' questions during his weekly news briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul October 24, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon answers reporters' questions during his weekly news briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul October 24, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon (bottom) addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 28, 2007. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon (bottom C) addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 28, 2007. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon (bottom C) addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 28, 2007. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon (bottom C) addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 28, 2007. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon (bottom C) addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 28, 2007. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 28, 2007. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (L) leads his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee to the conference room during the 5th South Korea-India joint commission at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul September 17, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Affairs Minister Song Min-soon (R) leads his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee to a seat during their meeting before the 5th South Korea-India joint commission at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul September 17, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

South Korean Foreign Affairs Minister Song Min-soon (R) and his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee shake hands during their meeting before the 5th South Korea-India joint commission at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul September 17, 2007. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) shakes hands with her Thailand counterpart Nitya Pibulsonggram as other participants of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial meeting look on following an official photo session in Sydney, September 5, 2007. Also shown are second row (L-R) Taiwan's Economy Minister Chen Ruey-Long, South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon and Japan's Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and third row (L-R) Brunei's Second Foreign and Trade Minister Lim Jock Seng and an unidentified woman. REUTERS/Ed Wray/Pool (AUSTRALIA) 

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (front row C), poses with other participants of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial meeting for an official photo session in Sydney, September 5, 2007. Also shown are in the front row are Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem (L) and Thailand's Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulssonggram, second row (L-R) Mexico's Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa, Taiwan's Economy Minister Chen Ruey-Long, South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon and Japan's Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and third row (L-R) Brunei's Second Foreign and Trade Minister Lim Jock Seng and an unidentified woman. REUTERS/Ed Wray/Pool (AUSTRALIA) 

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) meets his South Korean counterpart Song Min-soon in Moscow August 31, 2007. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA) 

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) greets his South Korean counterpart Song Min-Soon before the start of a bilateral talks on a last day of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and 14th ASEAN Regional Forum held in Manila August 2, 2007. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon (L) arrives for bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on a last day of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and 14th ASEAN Regional Forum held in Manila August 2, 2007. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES) 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon, adjusts his microphone during the bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on the last day of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and 14th ASEAN Regional Forum held in Manila August 2, 2007. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES) 

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi adjusts his glasses during the bilateral meeting with his South Korean counterpart Song Min-Soon at the last day of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and 14th ASEAN Regional Forum held in Manila August 2, 2007. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES) 

North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun (L) and his South Korean counterpart Song Min-soon talk at the start of their bilateral meeting at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila August 2, 2007.
REUTERS/Bullit Marquez/Pool (PHILIPPINES) 

North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun (L) and his South Korean counterpart Song Min-soon shake hands before their bilateral meeting at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila August 2, 2007.
REUTERS/Dennis M. Sabangan/Pool (PHILIPPINES) 

North Korea's Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun (L) and South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon shake hands before their bilateral meeting at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila August 2, 2007.
REUTERS/Bullit Marquez/Pool (PHILIPPINES) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (R) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill talk before the start of a meeting at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila August 2, 2007. Terrorism took centre-stage at a meeting of Asia-Pacific foreign ministers on Thursday as the group denounced the abductions of South Koreans in Afghanistan.
REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (PHILIPPINES) 

Delegates pose during a group photo at the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and 14th Regional Forum at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila August 2, 2007. Front row, L-R: Thailand's Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram, East Timor's Foreign Minister Adaljiza Magno, United States Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung, Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo, Philippine's Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Burnei's Foreign Minister Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and Canada's Foreign Minister Leonard Edwards. Rear row, L-R: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister Christopher Mero, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri, New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters, Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Nyan Win, Mongolia's Foreign Minister Tsolmon Tserendash, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Hamid Syed Albar, Laos' Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon, Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Nur Hassan Wirajuda, India's Foreign Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and North Korea's Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES) 

Delegates pose during a group photo at the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and 14th Regional Forum at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila August 2, 2007. Front row, L-R: Thailand's Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram, East Timor's Foreign Minister Adaljiza Magno, United States Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte , Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung, Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo, Philippine's Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Burnei's Foreign Minister Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Canada's Foreign Minister Leonard Edwards and China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Rear row, L-R: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister Christopher Mero, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri, New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters, Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Nyan Win, Mongolia's Foreign Minister Tsolmon Tserendash, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Hamid Syed Albar, Laos' Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon, Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Nur Hassan Wirajuda, India's Foreign Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, North Korea's Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun and ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (L) shakes hand with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before the start of their bilateral meeting at the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and 14th Regional Forum at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila August 2, 2007. Terrorism took centre-stage at a meeting of Asia Pacific foreign ministers on Thursday as the group expressed deep concern over South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (R) walks with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before the start of their bilateral meeting at the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and 14th Regional Forum at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila August 2, 2007.
Terrorism took centre-stage at a meeting of Asia Pacific foreign ministers on Thursday as the group expressed deep concern over South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES) 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (R) talks with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during their bilateral meeting at the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and 14th Regional Forum at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila August 2, 2007. Terrorism took centre-stage at a meeting of Asia Pacific foreign ministers on Thursday as the group expressed deep concern over South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES)