South Korea and Japan were the first international stops for the new US defence secretary.
James Mattis reaffirmed US ties and, on the subject of North Korea, promised an “effective and overwhelming” response to “any use of nuclear weapons”.
Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reports from Seoul.

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