Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea


US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. - AFP

SEOUL (AFP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president.

Blinken will hold talks with counterpart Cho Tae-yul on Monday (Jan 6), the same day a warrant expires to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol who unsuccessfully tried to impose martial law on December 3.

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