South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's five-day state visit to Washington in the last week of April is a marathon of meetings and negotiations. In addition to the summit with Joe Biden at the White House, the South Korean leader received an invitation to address both houses of the US Congress.

"Unlike his predecessor, who, as many in Seoul believed, "hated" South Koreans (but tried to make friends with northern ones), Joe Biden "loves" South Korea, and even very much," writes Lee.