US President Donald Trump will not be going to the De-Militarized Zone dividing the Korean peninsula when he visits South Korea next week, a senior administration official says.
The decision to skip the DMZ at a time of high tensions with nuclear-armed North Korea was attributed to time constraints.
“The president is not going to visit the DMZ, there is not enough time in the schedule,” the official says.
South Korean soldiers stand guard at a guard post near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing two Koreas in the border city of Paju on August 11, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je)
Trump, who departs Friday on a five-nation Asian tour with world attention on North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, will instead visit Camp Humphreys, which is south of Seoul and away from the DMZ, the official added.
The DMZ, a razor’s edge separating North and South Korean forces, is a common stop for visiting presidents and other high-level US officials wanting to see one of the world’s most dangerous flashpoints.
— AFP
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