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SEOUL - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that he shared South Korean concerns about growing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, which he called a “two-way street” involving arms flows and technical support. Mr Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin said they also discussed a so-called extended deterrence strategy in countering threats from North Korea. This means the use of US military assets, including its nuclear forces for protection from attacks and improving cooperation with Japan. “We have real concerns about any support for North Korea’s ballistic missile programmes, for its nuclear technology,...
