{"id":2200348,"date":"2023-03-09T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T23:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2200348"},"modified":"2023-04-05T16:08:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:08:01","slug":"yoon-to-make-state-visit-to-the-u-s-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/03\/yoon-to-make-state-visit-to-the-u-s-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoon to make state visit to the U.S. next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The White House <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/03\/07\/statement-from-white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-on-the-state-visit-of-president-yoon-suk-yeol-and-first-lady-kim-keon-hee-of-the-republic-of-korea\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Tuesday that President Yoon Suk-yeol will make a state visit to the U.S. on April 26 for a summit with President Joe Biden. Yoon\u2019s visit will mark the second state visit by a foreign leader to the U.S. since Biden took office in Jan. 2021. The visit will help to mark the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-ROK alliance. Yoon and Biden are expected to speak on various issues that affect the alliance, such as North Korea\u2019s nuclear and missile programs, China\u2019s growing assertiveness, semiconductors, the Inflation Reduction Act and South Korea\u2019s improving relations with Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Korea\u2019s national security adviser Kim Sung-han <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/03\/07\/readout-of-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivans-meeting-with-national-security-advisor-kim-sung-han-of-the-republic-of-korea\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">traveled<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Washington earlier to meet with his U.S. counterpart, Jake Sullivan, to discuss the upcoming state visit and how to maintain close cooperation to further enhance the two countries\u2019 security ties to respond to the changing threat environment in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although President Yoon Suk-yeol has been staunchly pro-U.S., this summit comes at a sensitive time for the alliance. Yoon caused a brief stir internationally in January when he made an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/01\/how-domestic-politics-and-geopolitics-influence-south-koreas-nuclear-calculus\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offhand comment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about South Korea acquiring and deploying its own tactical nuclear weapons if the North Korean nuclear threat became more serious. The two allies\u2019 increased emphasis on extended deterrence and increased frequency of appearance of U.S. strategic assets in and around the Korean Peninsula can be traced back to that comment. Seoul and Washington have also had polite but firm disagreements over the implementation of the U.S. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2022\/08\/friends-without-benefits-how-a-new-us-law-penalizes-south-korean-carmakers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inflation Reduction Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/03\/why-south-korea-is-grumbling-about-new-us-chip-restrictions-on-china\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CHIPS Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Yoon has not made much headway in his foreign policy with the U.S., and he needs to show voters that he can deliver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summit will also take place a month after Seoul announced a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/03\/why-the-rok-japan-deal-on-forced-labor-will-be-hard-for-opponents-to-overturn\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compromise deal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Japan to resolve the wartime forced labor issue \u2014 a deal that critics are calling a \u201ctotal defeat.\u201d As surviving forced labor victims, activists and opposition parties are fiercely criticizing Yoon over the deal, Yoon needs the summit with Biden to go well to show voters that he made the right decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/business-economy\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Business &amp; Economy<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/defense-security\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Defense &amp; Security<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/domestic-politics\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Domestic Politics<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/inter-korean-foreign-relations\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Inter-Korean &amp; Foreign Relations<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House announced on Tuesday that President Yoon Suk-yeol will make a state visit to the U.S. on April 26 for a summit with President Joe Biden. Yoon\u2019s visit will mark the second state visit by a foreign leader to the U.S. since Biden took office in Jan. 2021. 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