Nancy Pelosi arrived in Japan late Thursday for the final leg of her high-stakes Asia trip after a stop in South Korea, where she reportedly visited the Demilitarized Zone.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Japan late Thursday for the final leg of her high-stakes Asia trip after a stop in South Korea, where she reportedly visited the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Korean Peninsula.
The California Democrat’s trip to the heavily armed border region was reported by South Korean media. The US Embassy in Seoul, the United Nations Command and the South Korean Defense Ministry couldn’t immediately confirm the reports. The State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Kim Jong Un there in 2019. has been in place since an armistice was signed during the Korean War in 1953.
North Korea had already attacked Pelosi in a statement criticizing her visit to Taiwan earlier this week, a trip that triggered the Chinese government to launch military exercises. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks upon her arrival at the US Yokota Air Base, in Fussa on the outskirts of Tokyo, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry said her visit demonstrated “impudent interference of the US in internal affairs of other countries.”
Beijing warned Tuesday that Pelosi arriving in Taiwan had “a severe impact on the political foundation of China-US relations, and seriously infringes upon China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
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