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Biden and S Korea's Yoon call for alliance to tackle threats beyond N Korea

Biden and Yoon Suk-yeol are meeting in Seoul for their first diplomatic engagement since the South Korean president's inauguration 11 days ago.

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US President Joe Biden alongside his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul. (Photo: Reuters)

4 min read Last Updated : May 21 2022 | 2:11 PM IST

U.S. President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart said on Saturday their countries' decades-old alliance needed to develop not only to face North Korean threats but to keep the Indo-Pacific region "free and open" and protect global supply chains.

Biden and Yoon Suk-yeol are meeting in Seoul for their first diplomatic engagement since the South Korean president's inauguration 11 days ago.

The friendly encounter between allies is clouded by intelligence showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is prepared to conduct nuclear or missile tests.

After the first of the bilateral meetings scheduled for Biden's visit, the U.S.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Topics : Joe Biden South Korea North Korea United States

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