President Lee Jae Myung's visit is expected to spotlight trade, alliance costs and North Korea as he seeks to set the tone with Trump's second-term White House.

President Lee Jae Myung, left, and first lady Kim Hea Kyung arrive at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Aug. 24 from Tokyo to begin a three-day trip to the United States for a bilateral summit with U.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to meet US President Donald Trump today to hold talks on trade and defence cooperation. The August 25 summit comes after a July trade deal where Washington agreed to bring down its reciprocal tariff on South Korea to 15 per cent from the earlier proposed 25 per cent and extend the reduced rate to South Korean cars,