FOREIGN POLICY/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The newly elected South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, will arrive at the White House on Thursday [6-29-17] for his first meeting with President Trump. The meeting will center on a pressing problem that vexes both countries: North Korea.
The Trump administration calls North Korea’s growing weapons capabilities its top foreign policy priority — and will try to make more headway on the issue with its partner, South Korea, which relies on some 28,000 U.S. troops for defense.
But the two leaders’ approaches to North Korea differ. Moon, a veteran of the liberal former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun’s administration, favors rapprochement and engagement with Pyongyang, while Trump’s Pentagon and State Department leaders have rejected talks with North Korea — at least for now.
Moon’s team says the trip is about establishing a relationship between the two men. Moon was elected just last month in a snap election following the historic impeachment and removal of conservative President Park Geun-hye.”
-Elise Hu, “What To Expect From The White House Summit With South Korea’s Leader,” NPR, June 28, 2017 10:37am