{"id":80914,"date":"2025-10-29T12:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=80914"},"modified":"2025-10-29T12:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:28:50","slug":"trump-south-koreas-highest-state-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/trump-south-koreas-highest-state-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump receives South Korea\u2019s highest state honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President <a title=\"Trump and Takaichi Sign Historic Deals\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/trump-and-takaichi-sign-historic-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> arrived in South Korea, the third stop of his Asia tour, after completing his diplomatic meetings in Japan. His plane landed at Gimhae International Airport in Busan around 11:30 a.m. local time, where he was welcomed with full military honors by South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and U.S. Ambassador Kang Kyung-hwa. The ceremony included a 21-gun salute, the highest level of protocol reserved for visiting heads of state.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Honored with South Korea\u2019s top decoration<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Trump then traveled by Marine One helicopter to the city of Gyeongju, where he was received by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. At the Gyeongju National Museum, Trump signed the guest book before being presented with the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, South Korea\u2019s highest national honor.<\/p>\n<p>President Lee praised Trump\u2019s efforts to strengthen bilateral relations, saying, \u201cThis award symbolizes the friendship and gratitude of the Korean people.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Presented with replica of historic golden crown<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the state order, Trump received a replica of the Cheonmachong Golden Crown, a historical artifact symbolizing Korea\u2019s royal heritage. Expressing his appreciation, Trump emphasized that the U.S.\u2013South Korea alliance was \u201cstronger than ever\u201d and \u201cheaded toward a bright and secure future.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bilateral talks follow the ceremony<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Following the ceremony, Trump and Lee Jae Myung began a bilateral meeting expected to cover a wide range of issues, including economic and defense cooperation, regional security amid North Korea\u2019s missile activities, and the expansion of the U.S.\u2013South Korea trade agreement.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE: President Trump Receives High Honor Presentation in South Korea | Lee Jae Myung | N18G\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j4xS4mK8szo\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in South Korea, the third stop of his Asia tour, after completing his diplomatic meetings in Japan. His plane landed at Gimhae International Airport in Busan around 11:30 a.m. local time, where he was welcomed with full military honors by South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and U.S. Ambassador Kang &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9192199,"featured_media":80915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[80160,80159,56608,77263,80158,80157,2070,80161],"class_list":["post-80914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-asia-tour","tag-cheonmachong","tag-diplomacy","tag-donald-trump","tag-grand-order-of-mugunghwa","tag-lee-jae-myung","tag-south-korea","tag-u-s-south-korea-relations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9192199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80916,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80914\/revisions\/80916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}