After landing at a US airbase in Pyeongtaek, 70 km from here, Pence headed to a Seoul national cemetery in a gesture to highlight the alliance forged during the 1950-53 Korean War.

Tillerson arrived at the gathering of top diplomats for the one-day event that had originally been scheduled for April 5, but was brought forward to ensure Washington's representative could attend. Efe news reported.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in Ankara on Thursday for talks on the Syria conflict, just a day after Turkey announced that its military...