Kang Jun-young is a professor at the Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, and chairman of the Northeast Asia Future Cooperation Forum.The September 24 summit between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump is no ordinary engagement. Their May summit took place in Beijing and largely centred on economic issues. This one will be on Trump’s home turf and is expected to put strategic questions on the table. Will the Korean Peninsula and North Korea’s nuclear programme again be pushed to the margins?In Beijing, both sides focused on their immediate national interests, such as trade, semiconductors, rare earths and Taiwan. The issue of the peninsula’s security threat never appeared on the agenda.
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MON · 2026-09-21 · 21:30 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0921-113009
NSR-2026-0921-113009Opinion·EN·Diplomatic
Why Trump-Xi summit must put Korean peninsula back on the agenda
A summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump on September 24 is expected to address strategic issues, unlike their May meeting which focused on economic matters. The author, Kang Jun-young, questions whether the Korean peninsula and North Korea's nuclear program will be prioritized.
Kang Jun-youngSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-21 · 21:30 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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A summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump on September 24 is expected to address strategic issues, unlike their May meeting which focused on economic matters. The author, Kang Jun-young, questions whether the Korean peninsula and North Korea's nuclear program will be prioritized. During the previous Beijing summit, discussions centered on trade, semiconductors, rare earths, and Taiwan, with the peninsula's security threat not appearing on the agenda. This upcoming summit, held on Trump's home turf, presents an opportunity to re-examine these critical strategic questions.
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Kang Jun-young is a professor at the Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, and chairman of the Northeast Asia Future Cooperation Forum.
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The issue of the peninsula's security threat never appeared on the agenda at the May summit.
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Their May summit in Beijing largely centered on economic issues.
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The September 24 summit between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump is no ordinary engagement.
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