South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Saturday headed for Washington to take part in the foreign ministerial Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER), which will take place in Alaska on August 30 and 31.

Yun Byung-se will also hold talks with his US counterpart John Kerry to discuss a range of issues, including North Korea's recent provocations and the bilateral summit slated for October.

Yun and Kerry will discuss joint efforts to strengthen the bilateral strategic alliance, whose importance was reaffirmed in the wake of Pyongyang’s recent provocations including the Aug. 4 land mine attack, the South Korean foreign ministry said.
Source: MENA