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Updated May 22nd, 2022 at 12:45 IST

US president leaves South Korea for Japan

U.S. President Joe Biden wrapped up a three-day visit to South Korea on Sunday where he tended to both business and security interests before departing for Japan.

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U.S. President Joe Biden wrapped up a three-day visit to South Korea on Sunday where he tended to both business and security interests before departing for Japan.

During his visit, Biden appeared with Hyundai chief executive Eusiun Chung to highlight the company's expanded investment in the United States, including $5.5 billion for an electric vehicle and battery factory in Georgia.

Chung also said his company would spend another $5 billion on artificial intelligence for autonomous vehicles and other technologies.

Biden met with service members and military families at Osan Air Base and addressed U.S. and Korean troops. Biden and Korean President Yoon Sook Yeol on Saturday announced they will consider expanded joint military exercises to deter the nuclear threat posed by North Korea.

Biden decided to skip a visit to the demilitarised zone on the North and South's border, a regular stop for U.S. presidents when visiting Seoul. Instead, Biden, who had visited the DMZ as vice president, was more interested in visiting Osan to see an installation “where the rubber hits the road” for U.S. and South Korean troops maintaining security on the peninsula, said White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

On Monday, he will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and lay out his vision for negotiating a new trade agreement called the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.

A central theme for the trip, Biden’s first to Asia as president, is to tighten U.S. alliances in the Pacific to counter China’s influence in the region.

On Tuesday, Japan will host Biden at a summit for the Quad, a four-country strategic alliance that also includes Australia and India. The U.S. president will then return to Washington.

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Published May 22nd, 2022 at 12:45 IST

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