SEOUL: President Joe Biden flies on Sunday to Japan for the second leg of a trip intended to reinforce US leadership across Asia in the face of a rising China and dangerously unpredictable, nuclear-armed North Korea.
At a joint press conference with Yoon, Biden cited a global"competition between democracies and autocracies" and said the Asia-Pacific region is a key battleground. The Bill, passed earlier by Congress, was flown to Seoul so that Biden could make it law without having to wait for his return to Washington late next Tuesday.
In Japan, Biden will meet with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Emperor Naruhito on Monday ahead of Tuesday's Quad summit, bringing together the leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States. Elected on a strongly pro-US message, Yoon said he and Biden"discussed whether we'd need to come up with various types of joint drills to prepare for a nuclear attack".
Meanwhile, Biden and Yoon extended an offer of help to Pyongyang, which has recently announced it is in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak - a rare admission of internal troubles.
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