U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken issued a congratulatory statement on the occasion of South Korea’s Liberation Day on Thursday local time, emphasizing the strength of the U.S.-South Korea alliance as it celebrates its 70th anniversary.

“On behalf of the United States government, I extend warmest congratulations to the Republic of Korea on its Liberation Day,” Blinken said in a statement. “As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of our alliance, I want to reaffirm the strength of our strategic partnership,” Blinken said.

“The United States and South Korea share common values, which are the foundation of our strong relationship, and the United States will continue to ensure that our relationship is a true global partnership, including expanding people-to-people exchanges, economic investment, and the pursuit of international peace and stability,” he said.

“We have accomplished much,” he added, “and I look forward to many more years of friendship between the United States and South Korea.”

This evening, Blinken will hold a video conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Chin-jin and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa to discuss the agenda for the upcoming trilateral summit on April 18.

At the trilateral summit, which will be held at Camp David, the U.S. presidential residence near Washington, D.C., the leaders are expected to issue a joint statement, as well as the so-called “Camp David Principles” 먹튀검증토토사이트 that will govern the trilateral relationship.

The death toll in the wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui has risen to 99.

As of noon local time on Thursday, the death toll from the wildfires has risen to 99, and 2,207 buildings have been destroyed or damaged, according to Maui County officials.

The wildfires have been raging for seven days in two locations on the island of Maui.

The fires broke out on Aug. 8 in the Kula-Upcountry area of central Maui, Lahaina on the west coast, and Pulehu-Kihei on the central coast, of which the Pulehu-Kihei wildfire was 100 percent contained, authorities said as of 9:45 p.m. on Aug. 13.

The other two fires are about 60 percent contained in the Kula-Upcountry area and 85 percent contained in the Lahaina area.

The Maui Fire Department also cautioned that the Pulehu-Kihei wildfire, which is 100 percent contained, does not mean it is fully contained, noting that “firefighters have completely surrounded the fire, which means flames could still be burning inside.”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) put the number of people displaced in Lahaina at 4,500.

As of 10 a.m. on Thursday, 4,498 homes on Maui were still without power.

Residents near the affected areas have been largely isolated, with major in-and-out roads blocked, and are relying on outside assistance, but supplies are also reportedly in very short supply.

“Supplies seem like a lot at first, but then they disappear,” Alverna Leon, a resident of Kaanapali, 카지노사이트킴 which borders Lahaina, told NBC, adding, “We need doctors and medicine (to care for patients).”

The leaders of the three countries – South Korea, the United States and Japan – are expected to announce the so-called “Camp David Principles” governing trilateral relations at a summit on Aug. 18, local time, U.S. internet outlet Axios reported.

Axios cited a source with knowledge of the summit on Thursday local time.

“The summit is the result of months of U.S. diplomacy,” Axios said, noting that “U.S. officials have been trying to convince South Korea and Japan to look beyond their complicated pasts and see a united future.”

The summit is likely to result in announcements such as a trilateral hotline and an obligation to consult in times of crisis, according to Axios.

In a related development, U.S. government officials said the summit is unlikely to result in a formal security agreement with mutual defense commitments between the three countries, but that the countries will agree to a mutual understanding of their defense responsibilities in the region, Reuters reported.

The officials also told Reuters that they would agree to establish a trilateral “hotline” for communication during a crisis.

However, neither South Korea nor Japan are ready to make any formal demands for a crisis line, they said.

This means that while the three countries agree on the need to communicate during a crisis and the establishment of a “hotline” to do so, they have not gone as far as mandating a response to a crisis.

Meanwhile, Reuters also reported, again citing US government officials, that the three countries will include strong language on maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait in their joint statement.

The three countries will also launch a series of joint initiatives on technology, education, 카지노사이트넷 and defense at the summit, the news agency said.

Ha-Sung Kim (San Diego Padres) went 0-for-4 with a walk on Friday.

Kim batted first and played second base during the Padres’ 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) home game against the Baltimore Orioles at Petco Park in San Diego, California, United States.

Kim was unable to get anything going against Baltimore starter Grayson Rodriguez and closer Felix Bautista, the American League’s winningest team.

After a grounder in the first and a foul fly in the third, Kim retired the side in order in the bottom of the sixth inning with the bases loaded and no outs after fouling off four pitches on full counts.

In the bottom of the ninth, he swung at a fastball up the middle from Bautista, but it was caught on a foul fly by the catcher.

Kim’s season batting average dropped slightly to .283.

Previously, Kim ended his hitting and reaching base streaks at 16 and 19 games, respectively, against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 13.

San Diego, which managed just four hits as a team on the day, fell to 1-4 and dropped its third straight.

Starting pitcher Darvish Yu suffered his eighth loss in as many starts after allowing four runs on eight hits in seven innings.

However, he struck out six, giving him 1,919 career strikeouts, the most by a Japanese big leaguer in MLB history.

The previous record was held by Hideo Nomo (1995-2008-12 seasons) with 1918 strikeouts.

After compiling a 93-38 record and 1,250 strikeouts in seven years with the Nippon Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball, Darvish went 103-83 with 1,919 strikeouts in 11 seasons in the major leagues, starting in 2012.

In June of this year, in his 197th big league game, he reached the 1,500-strikeout mark for the fewest games in history.

The record for most strikeouts by a Korean big leaguer is held by Chan Ho Park 먹튀검증 (1,715 strikeouts from 1994-2010).