A great honour: Trump shaking hands with Lee (right) during a presentation ceremony, where the former was presented with a replica of a crown worn by the kings of Silla, at the Gyeongju National Museum in Gyeongju. — AFP
US President Donald Trump began the final leg of his Asia trip in South Korea, optimistic about advancing an unresolved tariff deal with President Lee Jae-myung and striking a trade war truce with China’s Xi Jinping.
Arriving from Tokyo yesterday hours after North Korea test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile, Trump received a lavish reception from Lee in Gyeongju, a historic city hosting this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum.
