The paper says that the strengthening of the Washington-Tokyo alliance raises the prospect of the US being swayed by Japan in drawing up its policy approach to Pyongyang.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ABCDEFG SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) The following is a summary of external news of North Korea this week.
FM Chung, Blinken stress close cooperation for complete denuclearization of Korean Peninsula SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) New Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed close bilateral cooperation for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during their first phone talks Friday, the foreign ministry said. They also shared the view of the importance of their countries trilateral cooperation with Japan in the conversation that took place three days after Chung, a former top security adviser to President Moon Jae-in, took office.
Korea, US step closer to restoring alliance
Posted : 2021-02-14 16:35
Updated : 2021-02-15 09:11
Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in their first telephone conversation, Feb. 12, after Chung took office, Feb. 9. The two reaffirmed the bilateral alliance and saw eye to eye on the need for accelerated defense cost-sharing talks and combined military exercises in the spring, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Yonhap
Allies expected to strike deal on defense cost-sharing soon
By Yi Whan-woo
South Korea and the United States are stepping closer to getting their security alliance back on track, with accelerated defense cost-sharing talks and combined military exercises in the spring planned to resume in March.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held his first phone call with South Korea's new foreign minister, Chung Eui-yong, both governments said, reaffirming a commitment to ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, amid stalled talks between Washington and North.