AsianFin -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday started a visit to South Korea, where he is expected to seek to delicately encourage continuity with the policies, but not continuity of the impeached president.
Last weekend, thousands of South Koreans brave a snowstorm to stage dueling rallies in support of, and opposition to, president Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached over a short-lived martial law bid and resisting an arrest warrant.
Blinken will meet his counterpart Cho Tae-yul later on Monday, the same day a warrant to arrest Yoon expires. Yoon had once been a darling of the Biden administration with his bold moves to turn the page on friction with Japan and his eye on a greater role for South Korea on global issues.
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