Biden and Yoon discuss bombers, missiles and bigger deterrence

New South Korean leader vows to play active role toward rules-based Indo-Pacific

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U.S. President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk-yeol, hold a joint news conference in Seoul on May 21. © Reuters

KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- The leaders of South Korea and the U.S. agreed to align their strategies for the Indo-Pacific in their first summit on Saturday, with the new conservative administration in Seoul willing to play a bigger political and economic role in the region.

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