U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korea President Park Geun-hye arrived here on Tuesday for the Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) summit to be held during November 18 and 19.

The Air Force One, the U.S. President's dedicated carrier, touched down at Ninoy Aquino International Airport at around 11:20 a.m. local time. A U.S. helicopter then took Obama away from the airport.

Less than half an hour later, Park's plane arrived at the same airport. Both of the two heads of states came here from the G20 summit which just concluded on Monday in Antalya, Turkey.

Here in Manila, Obama is expected to hold a dialogue with a few hundreds of top business people around the region on Wednesday while Park is scheduled to attend a dialogue with the Business Advisory Council the same day.

Most heads of the 21 APEC members, except for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, have promised to attend the summit, despite the latest terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday, which claimed 129 lives and more than 350 people injured.

In wake of the Paris attack, the Philippine government beefed up the already tightened security control, with about 20,000 policemen being mobilized to guarantee the safety of all the dignitaries and delegates. Enditem

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