US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds talks Monday in crisis-riven South Korea, seeking to encourage policy stability in the US ally, including in its complicated relationship with Japan. Yoon delighted the United States by seeking to turn the page on decades of friction with Japan,

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday opened a visit to crisis-riven South Korea, where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president.

Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken were set to hold talks in Seoul on Monday, focusing on their countries' bilateral alliance, efforts to deter North Korean threats and other key issues,

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived early Monday in South Korea in the midst of a political crisis after the US ally's president briefly declared martial law, an AFP reporter travelling with him said.

In South Korea, which is in the midst of political turmoil following the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japan, Blinken intends to highlight the expansion of U.S. cooperation with both nations as part of the Biden administration's Indo-Pacific strategy.

Is it another win for South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, after investigators failed to arrest him over his short-lived martial law decree? And what influence does U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken wield over the political crisis there?

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday opened a visit to crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president.

South Korea's presidential guards and military troops on Friday prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, under criminal investigation for insurrection over his Dec. 3, 2024,

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits South Korea on Monday, where he will seek to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of impeached president Yoon.

South Korea's anti-corruption agency said on Monday that it had asked police to take over the execution of an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The request comes after a failed attempt to execute an arrest warrant on Friday following a tense stand-off with presidential guards who formed a human chain to block access by the investigators.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yul on Monday, the Seoul Foreign Ministry said in a statement, France