President Donald Trump participates in a working bilateral lunch meeting with ROK President Lee Jae Myung, Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at the Gyeongju National Museum in Gyeongju, South Korea. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, a South Korean official said.
The meeting with the U.S. president came after Kim met U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Washington on Thursday and the two discussed the passage of a special bill enabling Seoul to implement a $350 billion investment pledge in the U.S.
A South Korean official confirmed the meeting with Trump, which was previously reported by South Korea's Yonhap news agency, but gave no other details.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the meeting, which was not previously announced.
Kim's office said he told Vance that the bill's approval in Seoul's parliament earlier on Thursday demonstrated the government's strong commitment to carrying out the investment agreement reached between the countries' leaders.
In late January, Trump threatened to raise tariffs on South Korean goods to 25%, saying Seoul's legislature had yet to enact the framework that had capped U.S. levies at 15%.
Kim's office said Vance welcomed the bill's passage, saying it established the legal conditions needed to implement the investment deal, and called for continued close communication between the governments on the issue.
(Reporting by David Brunnstrom, Daphne Psaledakis, Bhargav Acharya and Humeyra Pamuk;)
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