{"id":533983,"date":"2026-03-13T15:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/533983\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:59:11","slug":"montreals-mayor-heading-to-south-korea-for-economic-and-cultural-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/533983\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal&#8217;s mayor heading to South Korea for &#8216;economic and cultural mission&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL \u2014 Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is heading to South Korea for a five-day trip aimed at strengthening economic and cultural ties.<\/p>\n<p>MONTREAL \u2014 Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is heading to South Korea for a five-day trip aimed at strengthening economic and cultural ties.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez Ferrada and about 50 other delegates will visit the cities of Seoul and Busan between March 16 and 20.<\/p>\n<p>The city says in a press release that the delegation will promote Montreal&#8217;s expertise in creative and technological fields.<\/p>\n<p>It will also explore different solutions aimed at improving citizen services, urban planning and the use of artificial intelligence by cities.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez Ferrada says in a statement that the city needs to reinforce and diversify its partnerships at a time of trade tensions.<\/p>\n<p>The trip is being organized with the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal and the Montreal arts council.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2014 Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is heading to South Korea for a five-day trip aimed at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-533983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}