Yoon to hold summit with Biden to discuss alliance and North Korean threats

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Yoon to hold summit with Biden to discuss alliance and North Korean threats

South Korean president to make state visit to Washington for April 26 summit to mark 70th anniversary of alliance

Jeongmin Kim March 8, 2023

Yoon to hold summit with Biden to discuss alliance and North Korean threats

U.S. President Joe Biden (left) and ROK President Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul in May 2022 | Image: ROK Presidential Office

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will visit the U.S. for a summit with Joe Biden next month to discuss alliance prospects and how to better deter North Korean threats.

ROK national security adviser Kim Sung-han announced that the summit will take place on April 26, after Kim met his American counterpart Jake Sullivan in Washington over the weekend to discuss details of the state visit.

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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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