Is Trump considering setting foot in North Korea next month?

Published October 11, 2017 3:01pm ET



I think President Trump might be considering setting foot inside North Korea, next month, during his visit to South Korea.

I base this supposition on the reporting Tuesday by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency that the White House is considering a visit to the Panmunjom truce village which separates North Korea from the South. According to Yonhap’s source, “The White House dispatched an advance team of working-level officials in late September to check candidate sites” including “Panmunjom and Observation Post-Ouellette.” These visits pertain to a mysterious “special activity.”

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