President Lee Jae Myung arrived in Singapore on Sunday to begin his two-nation swing that includes a visit to the Philippines, aimed at discussing ways to expand cooperation with the Southeast Asian nations. Lee began a three-day state visit to Singapore, where he is scheduled to hold summit talks with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and meet with Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the ceremonial head of state, on Monday. The meeting will mark the second summit between Lee and Wong in four months, following their previous talks during Wong's visit to South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, where the two countries upgraded their bilateral ties to a strategic partnership. During the talks, Lee and Wong are expected to discuss ways to expand trade, investment and infrastructure and to broaden the collaboration in promising sectors, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and nuclear energy, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said. Lee is also scheduled to attend AI Connect, AI Connect, a business forum involving business leaders and entrepreneurs from b