SEOUL: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Seoul late Wednesday in a show of support for a key Asian ally after North Korea ramped up military cooperation with Russia.

Blinken landed for his first visit to South Korea since President Yoon Suk Yeol took office last year. He flew straight from the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Tokyo, which had followed Blinken's whirlwind tour of the Middle East.

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