New South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol used his inauguration speech Tuesday to advocate for his country playing a larger role in the system of liberal democracies, deploying language similar to that used by Washington when setting out its vision for the Indo-Pacific region.
“It is incumbent upon us to take on a greater role befitting our stature as a global leader,” Yoon, 61, said before an estimated crowd of 41,000 in Seoul that included foreign dignitaries such as 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 crisis, South Korea-Japan relations, Yoon Suk-yeol