South Korea was not invited to the G7 summit in June. The presidential office respects the chair country's decision, but the opposition party uses it as a means to criticize the administration.

South Korea was not invited to the G7 summit to be held in Italy in June. South Korea is not a G7 member, but the G7 summit can be held without the chairman being a G7 member.
Countries can invite countries they believe will contribute to the discussions at their own discretion. South Korea was invited to attend the summit in 2021 and last year.
The President's Office has indicated that it will respect the decision of the chair country, Italy, but Korean media has reported that "not being invited to this year's summit is a sign of the government's emphasis on its status as a 'global central nation' and 'G7
The G7 Summit is a summit of the seven leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, and the European Council.
The G7 Summit is held annually, with the participation of the European Commission President and the European President. The name comes from the English word "Summit." The country hosting the G7 Summit will hold the summit in January-December of the year.
Italy will chair the G7 for 2021. This year, Italy will serve as the chair, and the summit will be held in the southern region of Puglia from June 13 to 15.
South Korea is not a G7 member, but it will hold the presidency in 2021 when the UK chaired the summit and in 2022 when Japan chaired the summit.
South Korea was invited to attend the G7 summit last year when it was still the country. Then-President Moon Jae-in will attend the summit in 2021.
The core of the country was overjoyed, and a senior official from the presidential office remarked, "There is an international assessment that South Korea has effectively been placed in the G8."
At the time, the South Korean government caused controversy by posting an edited group photo of the G7 summit on its official social media account. The South African president, who was in the front row on the far left in the original photo,
However, it was cut out from the photo posted on social media. It was later edited, but at the time, there were voices on the Internet saying, "It was deliberately manipulated to put President Moon in the center," and the government
The photo was introduced under the title "The status of the Republic of Korea in one photo," and included comments such as, "This position, this appearance, is the status of the Republic of Korea. We have come this far."
The comments continued to praise South Korea for its first participation in the G7 summit. South Korea was also invited to the G7 summit held in Hiroshima in May last year, following its 2021 summit. President Yoon Seok-yeol
He attended the expanded summit and discussed international cooperation on diplomacy, security, the economy, assistance for developing countries, environmental issues, and other issues. During his stay, he also visited Hiroshima City's Heiwa Camp with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
He was the first South Korean president to visit the Memorial for the Korean A-bomb Victims at the Peace Memorial Park, and also held a Japan-South Korea summit meeting and a Japan-US-South Korea summit meeting.
As mentioned above, the G7 summit will be held in Italy in June this year, but South Korea has not received an invitation.
This time, Argentina, Egypt, Tunisia, India, Brazil and other countries are expected to be invited. Yonhap News reported, "The Korean government has been in discussions with Italy, which is this year's G7 chair,
"Italy is said to have decided on the countries to invite based on their relevance to the summit's agenda," the South Korean presidential office said. "Italy has chosen to invite countries mainly in relation to its domestic immigration issue and issues in Africa and the Mediterranean that are related to it."
"We understand that the government has decided on the matter and we will respect that decision," he said. However, the opposition party said, "The Yoon administration is not holding an important meeting to discuss the rapidly changing international situation, including the war in Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East, and the new Cold War on the Korean Peninsula."
The Yoon administration has been actively pursuing "G7 plus diplomacy" with the aim of establishing itself as a G7 partner, and was not invited to this summit.
Some have pointed out that the diplomatic objectives of the summit have become less important as a result of the withdrawal of the South Korean government. Meanwhile, according to Yonhap News, a diplomatic source told Yonhap, "The chair country invites countries that can discuss important issues.
"It is unreasonable to link this (whether or not) to the cooperative relationship with the G7 or South Korea's presence in the world."