New South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol used his inauguration speech Tuesday to advocate for his nation taking part in a bigger position within the system of liberal democracies, deploying language just like that utilized by Washington when setting out its imaginative and prescient for the Indo-Pacific area.
“It is incumbent upon us to take on a greater role befitting our stature as a global leader,” Yoon, 61, stated earlier than an estimated crowd of 41,000 in Seoul that included overseas dignitaries corresponding to Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. second gentleman Douglas Emhoff.
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China, U.S., North Korea, Fumio Kishida, nuclear weapons, missiles, South Korea, Yoshimasa Hayashi, North Korean nuclear disaster, South Korea-Japan relations, Yoon Suk-yeol