강경화 외교장관 오늘 미국행…바이든 측 접촉 주목<br /><br />South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has left for Washington for scheduled talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo... and also to start building ties with the presumptive incoming Biden administration.<br />The talks with Pompeo will take place on Monday, Washington time, and according to the foreign ministry, will reaffirm the staunch South Korea-U.S. alliance.<br />While there, Kang is expected to meet with scholars, officials at think tanks and other key figures who could be given roles in a Biden administration.<br />She's accompanied on the trip by Seoul's top nuclear negotiator, Lee Do-hoon, who'll be meeting with his American counterpart Steven Biegun... for discussions that are expected to cover ways to deal with potential provocations by North Korea during the change in administrations.<br /><br />
