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Yoon the statesman takes centre stage, but can he keep South Korea on same track?
Heightened tensions with China and North Korea and lack of support at home for his efforts in improving ties with Japan and US suggest a tough road ahead.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's summits are part of an endeavour to improve South Korea’s relations with both Japan and the US.
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In a recent flurry of trilateral diplomacy, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida twice, with a trip to see President Joe Biden in Washington in between.
What’s one to make of this spring “diplomatic offensive” by President Yoon, who marks a year in office in May?
