WASHINGTON (AP) – South Korea’s new leader is coming to Washington on a visit aimed at reconciling differences with President Donald Trump.
President Moon Jae-in (MOON JAAH IHN) won election last month. He’s advocated a softer approach to North Korea and delaying U.S. plans for the full deployment of a missile defense system in South Korea.
His conservative predecessor – who’d taken a hard line on the North, like Trump – was impeached in a bribery scandal.
Moon has long favored engaging North Korea despite the North’s rapidly advancing nuclear capability. The North’s rapid tempo of missile tests has continued on Moon’s watch.
Moon’s first stop in Washington will be to honor Marines who fought in the Korean War. He meets Trump for dinner on Thursday night and for talks Friday.