Biden to hold first summit with Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul on May 21

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Biden to hold first summit with Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul on May 21

US president next month will also meet Japanese, Quad, ASEAN counterparts as part of Indo-Pacific policy agenda

Jeongmin Kim April 28, 2022

Biden to hold first summit with Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul on May 21

U.S. President Joe Biden and ROK president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol | Image: White House Flickr, Yoon Suk-yeol spokesperson office. Edited by NK News

U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Seoul from May 20 to 22, and will hold his first summit with incoming South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol on May 21, Yoon’s spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.

The Yoon-Biden summit is set to occur less than two weeks after the South Korean president-elect’s inauguration on May 10.

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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. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim

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