Meeting South Korea, Trump could eye new chance with North

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 19, 2025 shows President of South Korea Lee Jae-myung (L) in Seoul on June 4, 2025 and US President Donald Trump (R) in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. Trump could find a chance to pivot on Aug 25 as he welcomes to the White House South Korea's new President Lee Jae Myung, an advocate of outreach with the North. AFP)

WASHINGTON: Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has boasted of ending either six or seven wars - a matter of much dispute - and has been pushing with mixed success to bring peace to Ukraine.

One hotspot not yet on his second-term radar has been North Korea, despite Trump's unusually personal diplomacy during his first term when he met leader Kim Jong Un.