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Blinken To Visit South Korea With Eye On Political Crisis

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to meet his South Korean counterpart during a visit to Seoul next week (Credit: AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit South Korea for talks next week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday, with the country mired in political turmoil as its impeached president resists arrest.

South Korea is a key security ally for Washington but the country has been wracked by a crisis sparked by President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law decree on December 3.

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