US Secretary of State Pompeo visits Korea on the 7th and 8th of next month...

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, In addition to the recent close strategic communication between Korea and the United States, this visit by Secretary Pompeo will serve as an opportunity to further develop the ROK-US alliance while deepening cooperation between the two countries on the Korean Peninsula, regional and global issues. I expected it.

The US State Department also released a press release on the 29th and announced that Minister Pompeo will visit Tokyo, Ulaanbaatar and Seoul from the 4th to the 8th of next month.

According to the State Department, Secretary Pompeo will attend the 2nd Australian, India and Japan Quad diplomatic ministers' meeting in Tokyo on October 6 and hold talks with the Japanese counterpart to discuss mutual interests . Following this, he will visit Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on the 7th, and visit Seoul, Korea on the 7th to 8th, to meet with high-ranking officials. It is scheduled to return to Washington DC, USA on the 8th.

Minister Pompeo has visited Korea three times since taking office in April 2018. The last visit to Korea was in June of last year, and President Donald Trump served as President Trump when he met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Panmunjom. Minister Pompeo's visit to Korea is drawing attention as it takes place ahead of the US presidential election in November. It seems that the intention to prevent further provocations from North Korea and to manage the situation on the Korean peninsula was laid in this visit.

North Korea is known to be preparing for a feverish ceremony for the 75th anniversary of the Labor Party's founding day on October 10, and there are also observations that it can introduce strategic weapons such as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). In addition, there is an expectation that this visit to Korea will bring about a'Surprise of October' by contacting North Korea.

Another purpose of Minister Pompeo's visit to Korea is the intention of pressing participation in the anti-China front. It is an analysis that the US will urge South Korea to join the initiative of the US's Indo-Pacific strategy with China's check as the core.