A Long List Of Challenges Awaits Rex Tillerson In Asia
As the new secretary of state starts a six-day sweep through East Asia, he heads into a region full of challenges, both old and new.
by Elise Hu
Mar 15, 2017
2 minutes
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has arrived in Tokyo to begin a a six-day sweep through Northeast Asia. It's his first trip there as America's top diplomat, and he heads into a region full of challenges, both old and new.
In South Korea, where Tillerson is expected on Friday, the government is last Friday's , Park Geun-hye. The historic impeachment on corruption charges brought on a power vacuum in Seoul — just as the new U.S. administration begins to engage with Asia.
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