SKorea’s Moon heads to US as North threat grows

SEOUL: South Korea’s dovish new President Moon Jae-In—who backs engagement with the nuclear-armed North—heads to Washington this week for talks with his hawkish US counterpart Donald Trump, as Pyongyang defies international sanctions to accelerate its missile program.

Center-left Moon suggested on the campaign trail that as president he would be willing to go to Pyongyang before Washington, but he is making the US his first foreign destination since he was sworn in last month after a landslide election win.