SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is using an ongoing visit to three resource-rich Central Asian countries to try to secure access to minerals that his resource-poor country's flagship companies need to keep producing advanced batteries and semiconductors.
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South Korea's Yoon seeks deals in Central Asian resource push
Visit to Kazakhstan and other countries aimed at mineral access, less reliance on China
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, left, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol inspect an honor guard during a welcome ceremony in Astana on June 12. Yoon is on a three-nation visit to Central Asia. © Yonhap/EPA/Jiji
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