South Korean president accused of avoiding Nancy Pelosi in bid to placate China
Yoon will not meet US House speaker in move critics say aims to avoid antagonising China as tensions in the Taiwan strait simmer
South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk-yeol, has been accused of trying to placate China by avoiding Nancy Pelosi, a day after she became the most senior US official to visit Taiwan for a quarter of a century and sparked a furious response from Beijing.
Yoon, a conservative who took office in May, will reportedly speak to Pelosi on the phone but will not meet her in person during her visit to Seoul on Thursday, South Korean media said.
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