South Korean President Moon Jae-in will depart Seoul on Wednesday for a five-day trip to Washington D.C., the Blue House announced on Tuesday. Moon is scheduled to meet U.S. President Joe Biden Friday afternoon local time, followed by a joint press conference.
The meeting marks the first U.S.-South Korea summit since Biden took office in January this year. Moon had met Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, on nine separate occasions from June 2017 to Sept. 2019.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will depart Seoul on Wednesday for a five-day trip to Washington D.C., the Blue House announced on Tuesday. Moon is scheduled to meet U.S. President Joe Biden Friday afternoon local time, followed by a joint press conference.
The meeting marks the first U.S.-South Korea summit since Biden took office in January this year. Moon had met Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, on nine separate occasions from June 2017 to Sept. 2019.
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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.