U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the US Department of State launch of the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the US State Department in Washington, D.C., Sept. 27. AFP-Yonhap
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to release a message this week wishing for a closer friendship between Koreans and Americans on the occasion of this year's Chuseok holiday, according to sources Thursday.
Blinken and Philip Goldberg, U.S. ambassador to Korea, are reportedly planning to release separate messages for Koreans celebrating this year's Chuseok fall harvest holiday, which runs from Thursday to Sunday.
Since taking office in 2021, Blinken has released an annual Chuseok message, wishing the Korean people a joyous holiday and stressing the importance of the longstanding friendship between the two countries. (Yonhap)
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