WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and South Korean leader Yoon Suk-yeol are expected to agree on Wednesday (Apr 26) to deepen collaboration meant to deter nuclear escalation by North Korea amid heightened anxiety about its
in more than a decade to send a warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The officials stressed that no US nuclear weapons would be returned to the peninsula, and South Korea would continue not to have control over the US nuclear arsenal. The United States is briefing China in advance on the steps, the officials said, a measure nodding to desires to ease the tense relationship in the region.
It is only the second state visit Biden has hosted since he took office two years ago - the first such guest was France's president.
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