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PHOTO RELEASE: Rubio Begins Official Visit to South Korea

Jan 23, 2014 | Comunicados de Prensa

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee and a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence, today began his official visit to South Korea. This is Rubio’s final stop on his week-long trip to Asia.

While in South Korea today, Rubio met with U.S. troops and senior government officials. Rubio also visited the Korean De-militarized Zone (DMZ), a strip of land separating South Korea and the threatening North Korea, where he was briefed on security issues.

In addition to Monday’s, Tuesday’s y Wednesday’s activities, more trip updates can be found at @MarcoRubio, Rubio’s personal Twitter account. Below are photos from Rubio’s first day in South Korea (the pictures can be viewed in higher quality here):

Rubio signs the guestbook at United States Forces Korea as General Curtis Scaparrotti looks on:

1.23.2014 guestbook S.Korea

Rubio meets a South Korean soldier at the DMZ:

1.23.2014 SK Soldier

Rubio has a lunch meeting with U.S. Forces Korea Florida service members at the DMZ Dining Facility:

1.23.2014 DMZ lunch SK

Rubio gets briefed by Colonel James Minnich, Secretary of the United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission at the DMZ:

1.23.2014 briefing SK

Rubio views North Korea from the DMZ:

1.23.2014 NK view

Note: all photos can be credited to the office of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.