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korean president yoon seok-youl at a samsung semi-conductor plant. the main goal of this trip is to reassure america s asian allies of u.s. s commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit gentleman on this trip. there is growing concern over what north korea may do next. bracing for the possibility that kim jong-un would conduct a missile test in coordination with biden arrival. let s bring in pentagon correspondent oren liebermann with the latest. what more do we know about the concerns? the u.s. has been watching this closely, now the u.s. assesses that north korea is getting ready to possibly fuel an intercontinental ballistic missile for a test and that s obviously a key phase because you don t leave that fuel in the missile for very long before you carry out a test. this went from possible to probable and now it looks like it might be imminent perhaps even while president joe biden is in south korea or in japan making that visit to meet with
president while he is over here is to reassure these key allies that the united states remains focused on asia even as the crisis in ukraine is sort of boiling over and the president has just arrived at this samsung factory which is near the air base where he landed. and it is kind of interesting, the president when the president is in the united states, he often goes to these factories, takes a tour and delivers remarks. so interesting that the first thing he does when he gets to asia is do the same thing. what is important, this samsung factory is producing semiconductors, those are in short supply globally because of shutdowns during covid at chinese factories. and you see him there, just to note he is meeting the new south korean president yoon seok-youl, he just took over in the last week or so, so this is a critical meeting, first time obviously that they have met face-to-face. but while the president is at samsung, he really wants to
multiple times. she ll join us live. and cnn goes one on one with the u.s. marine veteran trevor reed on his brutal imprisonment in russia and what it is like to finally be home. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m told it is friday. indeed it is. it is friday, may 20th. a short time ago, president biden kicked off his first visit to asia since taking office. he joined the new south korean president yoon seok-youl at a samsung semiconductor plant and immediate display of unity. the goal is to reassure asian allies of u.s. commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit japan on this trip.
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden departs Thursday on an alliance-boosting visit to Asia, a belated first trip to a region that remains central to