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ROK: President Biden And President Yoon Deliver Remarks To Press

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US President Joe Biden and Republic of Korea President Yoon Suk-yeul are shortly due to deliver joint remarks to the press from Greenbelt, Maryland, as the later begins his state visit to the US.

  • Livestream: https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
  • President Yoon's state visit will be the second of Biden's presidency following French President Emmanuel Macron's state visit in December last year.
  • On Thursday, Yoon will become the first South Korean president in a decade to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
  • The two leaders are set to discuss the escalating risk posed by North Korea's nuclear programme, South Korean firms' access to Inflation Reduction Act incentives, Chinese military activity in the Taiwan Strait, and the Pentagon intelligence leak which received criticism from opposition politicians in Seoul.

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