South Korea’s friendly words rankle Washington. Last week, following a meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun announced that the two sides had agreed to establish a new “alliance dialogue” aimed at addressing latent frictions in the bilateral partnership. However, the supposed agreement was conspicuously missing […]
Daily Memo: Who Said What in Washington and Sochi
Seoul and Washington don't agree on what they agreed to, while Minsk and Moscow avoided making any press statements altogether.



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