US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is currently visiting South Korea. The visit took a dramatic turn when North Korea conducted a missile test.
On Monday, North Korea launched a missile towards the Sea of Japan at the same time that the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting South Korea.
Blinken and his South Korean official brother Cho Tae-yul quickly condemned North Korea’s missile test.
The foreign ministers emphasized at a joint press conference held in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, that North Korea’s recent launch violates UN Security Council resolutions.
According to Japan, North Korea’s Monday missile appeared to have landed in water.
A visit in the middle of an internal political crisis
Blinken’s visit to South Korea takes place during a stormy time anyway. The country has been in an internal political crisis for weeks now By Yoon Suk-yeol the attempted declaration of a state of emergency, which many North Koreans saw as a coup attempt.
The fate of the impeached president is still not clear, and the president who replaced him was also impeached.
However, there is credit from Blinken. He said the United States fully believes in South Korean democracy.
– We will continue our unwavering support to the Koreans as they work tirelessly for their institutions, Blinken said according to South Korea’s Yonhap.