When K-pop diplomacy hits Brussels

South Korea’s president is in Brussels for the first EU-South Korea summit in three years, starting with K-pop diplomacy before addressing chips, trade, defense, and China. The article discusses Seoul's growing importance to Europe, challenges in rearmament cooperation, and the EU's new Security Strategy under Ursula von der Leyen. A football match between the European Parliament's Greens and ECR groups sparks a handshake row.