Foreign ministers from South Korea and Japan met in Seoul on Monday to discuss strengthening their relations in the face of increasing security challenges in the region and political tumult in the host nation.
Now former President of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, staged a just before the end of 2024. The result? It was over before it started, however, the short-lived coup rocked Korean politics to its core, and the ripple effects are still felt to this day.
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested and questioned for hours by investigators in relation to a criminal insurrection probe, ending a weeks-long standoff with authorities.
South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile that flew 685 miles before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan
Many foreign media analyses suggest that the visit aims to solidify President Joe Biden's political legacy in terms of the US' "Indo-Pacific Strategy" and strengthen relations with Asian allies such as South Korea and Japan.
The US, Japan and South Korea are urging public-private collaboration against the growing threat of North Korean hackers, which cost the industry $1.34 billion worth of crypto in 2024.
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.
The launch event came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul for talks with South Korean allies over the North Korean nuclear threat and other issues.
North Korea condemned on Friday joint military drills between South Korea, Japan and the United States held this week, threatening to respond by exercising its right to self-defence "more intensively".
To caution against crypto scam and related threat from North Korean hackers the US, Japan and South Korea just issued a joint statement
Foreign ministers Cho Tae-yul and Takeshi Iwaya held talks in Seoul, with South Korea still in the midst of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment. They laid emphasis on security ties, and trilateral work with the US.