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US official lands in Seoul, says alliance must be ‘ready to fight’ if needed

Defense secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized general “military readiness” and “unprecedented” North Korea issues

Update at 20:20 KST on Wednesday: This article has been updated to include the press release from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Top officials from the U.S. and South Korea vowed to continue working towards “denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” on Wednesday during their first in-person meeting in Seoul, according to Seoul’s Ministry of National Defense (MND).

After visiting Tokyo earlier this week, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed at South Korea’s Osan Air Base on Wednesday afternoon and quickly started meetings with their South Korean counterparts. Though few details have so