US-China friction leaves Seoul in a tricky position: Korea Herald


US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on 29 March 2019 before meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. - Internet

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN): Top diplomats from the US and China are scheduled to visit Seoul this month with South Korea being pulled in by the two superpowers amid their escalating rivalry.

Diplomatic sources here say US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will come to Seoul next week for a two-day visit, which will soon be followed by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's trip here.

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