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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Biden and South Korean president mull expanding joint military exercises

US president, Joe Biden, and South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk-yeol shake hands
Joe Biden and South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk-yeol, say their shared goal is the complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/AP

Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk-yeol, have said they are considering expanding joint military exercises in response to the “threat” posed by North Korea, a move that is expected to enrage the regime as speculation builds that it could conduct a nuclear test.

Speaking in Seoul on the second day of his visit to South Korea, Biden said he was willing to meet North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, but only if he was “sincere and serious” about dismantling his nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.

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