Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea
Voice of America
FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers a statement to the press in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba, Dec. 14, 2024. Blinken arrived, Jan. 5, 2025, in Seoul, South Korea, where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies. Protesters stage a rally demanding the arrest of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 5, 2025. The banner reads 'Arrest Yoon Suk Yeol.'
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday opened a visit to crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president.
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