former US Secretary of State Kisa rice commanded president Yun sag's efforts to strengthen s's alliance with Washington as well as its relations with Tokyo this came on Tuesday as the South Korean leader met rights and discussed Global Security issues including North Korea's nuclear threat and the regime's military cooperation with Russia Yun highlighted her past role as state Secretary and National Security adviser in bolstering the South Korea us Alliance under the bush Administration he asked for her continued efforts toward denuclearizing North Korea and improving human rights under the ruling regime rice pledged to continue backing the alliance saying she had felt their bilateral ties growing stronger than ever since Yun took office while noting his efforts to improve relations with Japan