South Korean Vice Foreign Minister visits US to ”explain situation in South Korea to Trump”

Kim Hong-Ki, First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, who visited the United States, said on the 22nd (local time) that he had explained the situation in South Korea to the US President-elect Donald Trump.
"We have been in communication with the Trump administration since before the US presidential election, and we have been working appropriately on the current situation in South Korea," Kim told reporters at Dallas International Airport in Washington DC.
Kim said, "I have no plans to meet with anyone from Trump's side during this visit," but added, "I will continue to work closely with the president until the inauguration of the next Trump administration."
"We intend to continue to communicate in this manner," he said. "We are communicating thoroughly about the current situation, so there is no need to explain further, but we will continue to take various opportunities to
"Through this dialogue, we will continue to explain not only the current situation, but also the importance of the ROK-U.S. alliance and the sustainability of trilateral cooperation between ROK, the U.S. and Japan."
In response to the question, "How does the Trump side perceive the situation in South Korea?"
"I'm sure they understand the situation well because it shows how resilient South Korean democracy is, as the whole world has already seen," he said.