- Woo urges Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea in person ISTANBUL Seoul wants to “open an era of peace, prosperity” with North Korea, South Korea's top lawmaker Woo Won Shik told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. The two met on the sidelines of a mega military parade in Beijing as China commemorated the end of World War II, as well as the Japanese surrender in 1945. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was also among