SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Washington later this month to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Lee’s office said Tuesday, for talks on trade and defense cooperation in the face of nuclear-armed North Korea and other threats.

South Korea will end some military activities along its border with North Korea, President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday, in his government's latest effort to improve ties between the neighbouring countries still technically at war.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit the US this month for his first meeting with President Donald Trump since taking office in June, a high-stakes trip set to spotlight a recently inked trade deal between the allies as well as security issues they share.