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Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea

Demonstrators wear thermal blankets during a rally against impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol near his residence in Seoul on January 5, 2025. [AFP]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president.

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