South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's first visit with President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday has drawn much attention from experts and policymakers.

President Donald Trump is hosting Lee Jae Myung, the new president of South Korea, at the White House on Monday for talks expected to center on trade and defense. The first in-person meeting between the two leaders could help flesh out details of a July trade deal between the two countries that has Seoul investing hundreds of billions of dollars in the U.

The American also suggests that the United States should own the big base it uses in South Korea. Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for newspapers and magazines and is the author of books on Korea, the Vietnam War and the Philippines.