GYEONGJU: South Korea's new president presented Chinese leader Xi Jinping with "the finest" wooden board for ancient strategy game Go during a state visit on Saturday (Nov 1), days after he gave US President Donald Trump a gold crown at a summit meeting.
Gifts for visiting leaders are a key part of international diplomacy, but fraught with difficulties, particularly when such fresh comparisons can be made between offerings to the world's two most powerful people - who are also fierce rivals.
