South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won embarked on a trip Saturday to Egypt, Morocco and Azerbaijan to explore ways of boosting economic cooperation with the countries, his office said Saturday.
As the first leg of his seven-day tour, Chung will stay in Egypt until Monday during which he plans to meet with his Egyptian counterpart Ibrahim Mahlab for talks on South Korean firms' possible participation in the country's massive nuclear reactor construction project and cooperation on defense projects.