Top US officials arrive in Seoul with China, North Korea on agenda

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, right, pose for the media before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea on March 17, 2021. - AP

SEOUL (The Straits Times/ANN): Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin arrived in Seoul on Wednesday (March 17) with top US diplomat Antony Blinken, for talks with South Korean officials to bolster a united front against an increasingly assertive China and nuclear-armed North Korea.

South Korea is the second leg of their inaugural overseas trip, after Japan. Both countries are security allies of the United States.