In the coming week, President Biden hosts South Korean President Yun for a state visit.

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It's April 20, 20, 2023, in time for the world next week. I'm Bob McMahon.

And I'm Carly Ann Robbins.

Carla, let's begin things at the White House, the White House suarez, perhaps.

South Korean President Yun Suk Yul will be meeting with President Biden for state visit next Wednesday.

They are going to mark 70 years of the U.S. South Korean Alliance, and they have a growing set of pressing issues.

So what are the issues at the top of the list you think?

So like all state visits, we're going to see a lot of pomp and glitter.

You know, I've been to two state dinners in my time, including the last one for a South Korean president in 2011. And they're pretty

fabulous. In fact, some early reports suggested that Lady Gaga and the South Korean girl group Black

Pink might perform, though it doesn't look like that's true, but we'll have to wait and see.

The first time I went, but this was before 9-11, they let us park our cars on the White House lawn,

which I actually thought was hands down like the coolest thing you've ever seen in your life.

And Yo-Yo Ma played.

I mean, really, we're talking, these things are really fabulous.

And as my husband said, all the portraits in the White House look like they were on postage stamps.

But I digress.

So anyway, Yun, who is a conservative and has a much harder line on North Korea and China than his predecessor.

And you recall, you know, Moon Jae-in was the one who helped arrange President Trump's first meeting with Kim Jong-un of North Korea,

and that was Love Fest days.

Anyway, Yun is seen as a far more reliable ally for the United States.

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