Polarization in South Korea, has helped a political leader rally enough support to potentially thwart accountability.
Crowds of people wrapped up against the bitter January cold clutch signs emblazoned with the slogan “Stop the Steal,” wave US flags, and don red MAGA-like hats.
Acting President Choi Sang-mok faces not only the task of steering a shaky economy and rebuilding confidence among global allies but simply staying in his job amid the worst political crisis in decades.
"Today, the alliance between the United States and Korea remains more essential than ever in shaping our shared future," said Secretary Blinken.
The U.S. secretary of state aimed to show that his country stood by South Korea as it grapples with a political crisis, and as Donald J. Trump returns to power.
US warns North Korea becoming better prepared for war
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US warns North Korea becoming better prepared for war, fighting against Ukraine
US warns North Korea could enhance war tactics while fighting Ukraine
The North Korean ambassador to the UN defended the country’s recent launch of a hypersonic IRBM as being a “legitimate exercise of the right to self-defense”
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North Korea's learning valuable lessons from fighting Ukraine, US warns
The JCS said the South Korean military has heightened surveillance for additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture to share info with the U.S. and Japan.
North Korea said Tuesday it successfully test-fired a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, claiming the weapon would "reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region."
It isn’t a Donald Trump rally, however, but a protest by conservative supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who could become the East Asian democracy’s first sitting president to be arrested after he plunged it into political instability last month with his botched attempt to declare martial law.
Right-wing YouTubers helped President Yoon Suk Yeol get elected. Now that he’s been impeached, they’re rallying his supporters with conspiracy theories.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed confidence in South Korea’s acting leader as the two nations reaffirmed their security alliance and combat readiness against North Korea at a time when Seoul is struggling to restore political stability.
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North Korea Celebrated New Years By Launching a Hypersonic WeaponBy developing hypersonic weapons and testing them before the presidential changeover in the United States, North Korea has a significant bargaining chip to use for whenever the new Trump administration comes looking to continue their previous diplomacy with Kim Jong-un.
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