The White House says US President Donald Trump will not visit the demilitarized zone during his Asia trip - a break from many previous administrations.
There's not enough time in the president's schedule to accommodate a visit to the heavily fortified border zone that has separated the North and South Korea for 64 years, a senior administration official told reporters during a White House background briefing Tuesday. Instead, Trump will visit Camp Humphreys to highlight the US-South Korea partnership.
Every president but one since Ronald Reagan has visited the DMZ, often wearing bomber-style jackets and flanked by military officers. Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, visited during a 2012 trip to Seoul and told troops stationed at the border that "the contrast between South Korea and North Korea could not be clearer, could not be starker, both in terms of freedom but also in terms of prosperity."
Source: Associated Press
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