Blinken to visit South Korea with eye on political crisis


US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. - Photo: AFP file

SEOUL: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit South Korea for talks next week, the two countries announced Friday (Jan 3), with Seoul mired in political turmoil as its impeached president resists arrest.

Blinken, on what will likely be his last international trip before president-elect Donald Trump's return, will also visit Japan and France, the State Department said.

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