Korea s provincial governments and foreign embassies in Korea agreed Friday to promote “local diplomacy” in a bid to strengthen multilateral cross-border relations involving subnational administrations. The agreement came on the sidelines of the first Korea Local Diplomacy Forum: Glocal Brand Strategy in the Era of Local Diplomacy, jointly held by The Hankoo Ilbo, its sister paper The Korea Times, the Korean Association of Northeast Asia Studies and the Governors Association of the Republic of Korea (GAROK).