SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol set off on Monday (April 24) for the for the United States and a summit with President Joe Biden at a time of rare questioning in South Korea of an alliance that has guaranteed its security for decades. Yoon's April 24 to 29 trip is the first state visit to the US by...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attends an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, April 18.SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol set off on Monday for the for the United States and a summit with President Joe Biden at a time of rare questioning in South Korea of an alliance that has guaranteed its security for decades.
A recent poll by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies showed that more than 54 per cent of respondents believed the US would not risk its safety to protect its Asian ally. Yoon's deputy national security adviser said both sides had been working on measures to operate the extended deterrence in a more concrete manner, hopefully with progress to be a revealed in a joint statement after the summit.
A senior US official said on Friday that Biden, during the summit with Yoon, would pledge "substantial" steps to underscore US commitments to deter a North Korean nuclear attack.Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which some in South Korea feel is distracting the United States from dangers in Asia, has also led to some rare friction between Seoul and Washington.
Suggestions reported in media that the United States had been spying on South Korean deliberations about its support to Ukraine have raised hackles in South Korea, though both sides have played the down the issue.
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