{"id":3930,"date":"2025-06-19T14:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2025-06-20T17:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T17:26:43","slug":"britains-starmer-mistakes-south-korean-interpreter-for-president-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/britains-starmer-mistakes-south-korean-interpreter-for-president-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Starmer mistakes South Korean interpreter for president (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK PM greeted the wrong man at the G7 summit in Canada, while Lee Jae-myung stood behind him<\/strong><\/p>\n

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer appears to have mistaken an interpreter with the South Korean delegation at the G7 summit for the country\u2019s president.<\/p>\n

The mix-up took place during a photo opportunity at the entrance to the summit venue in Canada. A video from the event shows Starmer confidently shaking the man\u2019s hand and smiling, while South Korean President Lee Jae-myung stood behind him waiting to be acknowledged.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Starmer held the interpreter\u2019s hand for several seconds before the mistake became apparent as President Lee stepped forward. The two leaders eventually greeted each other but then apparently had another moment of confusion as to where to stand for the photo. South Korea, along with Australia and India, participated as guests of the event.<\/p>\n

London has denied claims of an embarrassing diplomatic mistake.<\/p>\n

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Keir Starmer mistakenly shakes hands with a Korean interpreter instead of the President of South Korea (2025) pic.twitter.com\/OYDjij1aJ1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 insane moments in british politics (@PoliticsMoments) June 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The day before, Starmer had to kneel in front of US President Donald Trump to frantically gather up trade papers that had been dropped by the American leader.<\/p>\n

The agenda for the 51st G7 summit included support for Ukraine, the Middle East, sanctions, AI and energy security.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Starmer launches long-delayed UK grooming gangs inquiry<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

During the summit, Trump had claimed that kicking Russia out of the group was a big mistake and suggested that Moscow\u2019s presence in the G8, as it was known, could have helped prevent the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has argued that the G7 has \u201clost its relevance\u201d<\/em> and no longer reflects global economic dynamics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev applauded Trump\u2019s criticism of the group and his decision to leave the event early, but stressed that the G7 is a \u201cdead club.\u201d<\/em> Writing on X, he claimed that its members had already looked like \u201czombies\u201d<\/em> over a decade ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UK PM greeted the wrong man at the G7 summit in Canada, while Lee Jae-myung stood behind him UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer appears to have mistaken an interpreter with the South Korean delegation at the G7 summit for the country\u2019s president. The mix-up took place during a photo opportunity at the entrance to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3933,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930\/revisions\/3933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}