WASHINGTON -- Despite the political turmoil in Seoul and the transfer of power to the incoming Trump administration, the trilateral engagement between the U.S., Japan and South Korea is clearly in the American national interest and should continue, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said Thursday.
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Japan-South Korea trilateral ties clearly in U.S. interest: Kurt Campbell
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell speaks to Asian reporters at the Foreign Press Center in Washington on Dec. 19. (U.S. Department of State's Foreign Press Center)
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