Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his communist beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak-sop now has a single dying wish: to return to North Korea and be buried alongside his comrades.

Lee and Trump had a "pleasant" meeting where the two leaders exchanged praises and talked about assassination attempts against them, Kang Yu-jung, Lee's spokesperson, said. The two did not discuss Washington's demand over Seoul's opening to agricultural products,

Donald Trump chided South Korea’s president Lee Jae Myung hours before he was due to host the country’s leftwing leader at the White House, heralding tense talks on trade and the US’s military presence on the peninsula.