US Vice President meets SKorean PM in Tokyo

US Vice President Kamala Harris met with South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo in Japan on Tuesday, a few days before flying out to Seoul. During a meeting early Tuesday, South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said that Harris will make a trip to the Demilitarized Zone, the border area with North Korea that is jointly controlled by the American-led United Nations Command and North Korea.

A White House official, speaking on the condition on anonymity, confirmed that Harris will tour sites at the DMZ and visit with troops there to demonstrate that the US commitment to South Korea’s defense is “ironclad.” Harris will be the highest-level American to go to the DMZ since former President Donald Trump visited in 2019 for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Unn.