Blinken affirms US support for South Korea as impeached Yoon bunkers against arrest

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to South Korea on Monday as an affirmation of continued support for the East Asian country as it struggles to navigate a historic constitutional crisis.

South Korea remains in a chaotic limbo — federal authorities are struggling to come up with a plan to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is bunkered inside his Seoul residence.

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