US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln held a video conference with young Korean reporters on the 18th. “Through the Quad (US, Japan, Australia and India Security Council), we will be able to find a way to cooperate with Korea.”Reconfirmed. Secretary Blincoln also discussed his experiences as a short reporter. “The press should act as a guardrail against fake news,” he said. “A free press is essential for a democratic country.”Emphasized.
US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln, who is visiting Korea on a two-day, one-night schedule, has a video conference with domestic reporters.
On the 17th, just before coming to Korea, he held a video conference with reporters in their 20s and 30s in Japan, and met with Korean reporters in the same format this afternoon. Minister Blincoln showed interest in the role of the media, asking reporters attending the conference that’I want to know the background of each journalist’. In fact, Minister Blincoln was a reporter for the campus magazine’Harvard Crimson’ while attending Harvard University, and even after graduation, he worked as a reporter for a while in the politics and art criticism magazine’The New Republic’. “The articles you write become a record and become a part of history,” Blincoln told reporters. “The next generation will be able to read your articles and understand what this era was like.” “I love writing,” he said. “Before taking office in the government, I was involved in the field of journalism while writing an editorial in The New York Times.
Blincoln Holds a Meeting with Young Reporters During Korea-Japan Tour
Reviving the reporter’s experience and calling for’the role of the media for democracy’
Secretary Blincoln stressed that the role of the media is also important in relation to the democracy that the Biden administration values. “Democracy has recently faced challenges in new ways around the world,” Blincoln said. “A free press is essential to a democratic state.” therefore “The press is like a guardrail against fake news, the biggest threat to democracy.”He compared it. He also explained that “via the press, citizens can see what their leaders are doing and make them accountable for what they do.” He also said, “As a public official, I cannot always thank the media, but I want to say that I am really grateful to the journalists.”
On the 18th, US Secretary of State Tony Blingen held a joint press conference after a meeting (2+2 meetings) of the US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Defense in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
Regarding security issues, when asked about the US position on Korea’s participation in the quad, he replied, “Korea will have its own strategy,” and “we will certainly find a way for the US to cooperate with Korea through the quad. . Earlier in the morning, at a press conference after the Ministerial Meeting of the Korea-US Foreign Affairs and Defense (2+2), I would like to say that “Quad is an informal meeting between similar countries to strengthen cooperation on all issues.” “We are working very closely with Korea,” he said. Minister Blincoln also said, “The quad started in 2004 as a partnership to respond to natural disasters in Indonesia,” and compared it with the Korea-US-Japan trilateral cooperation and ASEAN cooperation. Considering the Korean government’s cautious reaction to quad participation, Emphasizing the purpose of’Quad is just one of many multilateral cooperation organizations’It is interpreted as one.
Regarding the North Korean issue, he took a prudent position, saying that a review of North Korea policy is still underway. To a reporter’s request to announce the results after the review is over, he replied, “After the review work, there will certainly be opportunities to communicate about our policy toward North Korea, and it is most important to put this into action.” Secretary Blincoln said, “Over the past few years, we have failed to achieve peace and denuclearization of North Korea, and we have not opened up a better future for the people of North Korea.” “When U.S. President Joe Biden took office for the first time, he said to devote some time to reviewing the policy toward North Korea.”Said. However, Minister Blincoln said, “We are isolated in an empty place, so we do not review policies. We are in close communication with countries such as Korea and Japan that are more concerned about (the North Korean nuclear issue) than the United States.” “We expect the review of the policy toward North Korea to be completed within a few weeks,” he said. “We will combine the alliance’s opinions and put them in our position.”
Minister Blincoln said on the same day that the First Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Sun-hee said in a speech that he would not talk until the so-called withdrawal of the so-called hostilities policy despite an attempt by the United States to contact the United States. I want to listen more to what I say.”
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