South Korea’s presidential office sets up a working-level team to prepare for a possible golf outing between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump. Outlets report the group was formed in late September after Lee returns from trips to the United States and Mexico, and follows Trump’s repeated expressions of interest in playing golf with Lee, including during their September meeting in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
A Cheong Wa Dae official says the team has begun preparations but no date is announced. Korea Times reports the task force has held at least one in-person meeting to review Trump’s past golf outings with other leaders and to discuss potential arrangements. Some reporting also points to speculation that any game could take place around international travel, such as the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Miami in December.
The outlets also note that the effort sits alongside domestic political scrutiny of Lee’s own golfing activities, which has drawn criticism from opposition lawmakers, though the golf-outing task force itself is presented as a coordination step rather than a decision to play at a specific time or place.
