Blinken to visit South Korea with eye on political crisis
South Korea is a key security ally for Washington but the country has been wracked by a crisis sparked by President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law decree on December 3. Blinken will meet his counterpart Cho Tae-yul on Monday, Seoul's foreign ministry said in a statement. "They are expected to discuss the South Korea-US alliance, South Korea-US-Japan cooperation, North Korea issues, and regional and global challenges," the ministry said. Investigators probing Yoon's declaration of martial law... Читать дальше...