The following article is a column by Andrei Lankov, a professor at Kookmin University and a director at Korea Risk Group, which oversees NK News and NK Pro. Views expressed in opinion articles and columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

On Friday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is scheduled to have a meeting with his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden. This will be their first summit, and it is not going to be an empty ceremonial event. There are substantial things to discuss.

For Moon in particular, the stakes seem rather high. He