Japan and South Korea want a successful Trump-Kim summit, but they have different ideas of what that means
2019-02-27 10:41:42 source：The Washington Post
February 26, 2019
This week’s summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be closely watched around the world, particularly in Japan and South Korea, the closest U.S. allies in East Asia. But the two countries will probably have dramatically different ideas of what constitutes success in Hanoi.
South Korea is hoping that diplomacy between the United States and South Korea will become “more formalized and more stabilized,” said Mintaro Oba, a former State Department officer focused on the Koreas. “They hope that that, in turn, will create room and momentum for the two Koreas to build up their relationship.”
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has made rapprochement with North Korea a cornerstone of his presidency. Moon believes that cultural exchange between the Koreas will eventually “create a different political dynamic,” according to a Senate aide familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to candidly discuss U.S. relations with other countries.
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