U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines touched down in South Korea on Wednesday after meeting with her South Korean and Japanese counterparts in Tokyo, several media reports claimed on Wednesday. 

According to Yonhap News Agency, the Chosun Ilbo and others, Haines traveled to Tokyo to attend a trilateral meeting with Hiroaki Takizawa, Japan’s cabinet intelligence director and Park Jie-won, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director. 

Yonhap and Dong-a Ilbo, per unnamed sources, said Wednesday that Haines may visit the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on May 13, the second day of her reported South Korea visit. She may