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Expert roundup: Would South Korea’s president prefer Biden or Trump?

Analysts weigh in on what Seoul is hoping for this November -- and what it should do after the election results come out

Whether Americans plan to vote for him or not, Donald Trump may be Moon Jae-in’s pick for the U.S. presidency, according to experts and former officials who spoke with NK News.

After all, in 2018, the South Korean president managed to bring Trump and Kim Jong Un together for two summits and one Panmunjom meeting, adding to the milestone inter-Korean agreements signed that year.

But then again, Trump was also the one who abruptly and dramatically walked out of the Hanoi Summit in Feb. 2019, sending U.S.-ROK-DPRK relations into a serious slump. And while some believe that Biden will hinder