United States presidential visits to East Asia

Table columns:
President
Dates
Country
Locations
Highlights

Table rows:
cells: Dwight D. Eisenhower[2]
01 !December 2–5, 1952
South Korea
Seoul
Visit to Korean combat zone. (Visit made as President-elect.)
cells: 02 !June 18–19, 1960
Taiwan
Taipei
State visit. Met with President Chiang Kai-shek
cells: 03 !June 19–20, 1960
South Korea
Seoul
Met with Prime Minister Heo Jeong. Addressed the National Assembly.
cells: Lyndon B. Johnson[3]
04 !October 31 – November 2, 1966
Seoul, Suwon
State visit. Met with President Park Chung-hee and Prime Minister Chung Il-kwon. Addressed National Assembly.
cells: Richard Nixon[4]
05 !February 21–28, 1972
China
Shanghai, Peking, Hangchow
State Visit. Met with Party Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai.
cells: Gerald Ford
06 !November 19–22, 1974
Japan
Tokyo, Kyoto
State visit. Met with Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
cells: 07 !November 22–23, 1974
South Korea
Seoul
Met with President Park Chung-hee.
cells: 08 !December 1–5, 1975
China
Peking
Official visit. Met with Party Chairman Mao Zedong and Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping
cells: Jimmy Carter[5]
09 !June 25–29, 1979
Japan
Tokyo, Shimoda
State visit; met with Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Masayoshi Ōhira. Attended the 5th G7 summit.
cells: 10 !June 29 – July 1, 1979
South Korea
Seoul
State visit. Met with President Park Chung-hee and Prime Minister Choi Kyu-hah.
cells: 11 !July 9–10, 1980
Japan
Tokyo
Official visit; attended memorial services for former Prime Minister Masayoshi Ōhira; met with Emperor Hirohito, President Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser of Australia, Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda of Thailand, and Premier Hua Guofeng of China.
cells: Ronald Reagan[6]
12 !November 9–12, 1983
State visit; met with Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and addressed the National Diet.
cells: 13 !November 12–14, 1983
South Korea
Seoul, Demilitarized Zone
State visit. Met with President Chun Doo-hwan. Addressed the National Assembly and visited U.S. troops.
cells: 14 !April 26 – May 1, 1984
China
Beijing, Xian, Shanghai
State visit. Met with President Li Xiannian and Premier Zhao Ziyang.
cells: 15 !May 2–7, 1986
Japan
Tokyo
Attended the 12th G7 summit.
cells: George H. W. Bush[7]
16 !February 23–25, 1989
Attended the funeral of Emperor Hirohito. Met with Emperor Akihito, the kings of Belgium, Jordan and Spain, the presidents of Brazil, Egypt, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, Italy, Nigeria, the Philippines, Portugal and Zaire, and the prime ministers of Japan, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand and Turkey.
cells: 17 !February 25–27, 1989
China
Beijing
Met with President Yang Shangkun and Premier Li Peng. Also met with Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
cells: 18 !February 27, 1989
South Korea
Seoul
Official visit. Addressed the National Assembly.
cells: 19 !January 5–7, 1992
Met with President Roh Tae-woo and senior Korean officials. Also signed a science and technology agreement, addressed the Korean National Assembly, and visited U.S. military personnel.
cells: 20 !January 7–10, 1992
Japan
Kyoto, Kashihara, Tokyo
Met with Emperor Akihito, Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and senior Japanese officials.
cells: Bill Clinton[8]
21 !July 6–10, 1993
Tokyo
Attended the 19th G7 summit. Met with Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
cells: 22 !July 10–11, 1993
South Korea
Seoul
Met with President Kim Young-sam. Addressed the South Korean National Assembly. Visited U.S. military personnel.
cells: 23 !April 15–16, 1996
Cheju Island
Met with President Kim Young-sam. Proposed four-nation peace talks.
cells: 24 !April 16–18, 1996
Japan
Tokyo
State visit. Issued joint statement on U.S.-Japanese security relations. Addressed the Diet and U.S. Navy personnel.
cells: 25 !June 24 – July 3, 1998
China
Xi'an, Beijing, Shanghai, Guilin, Hong Kong
State visit. Met with President Jiang Zemin. Visited the Forbidden City and the Great Wall of China. Delivered a speech at Peking University.
cells: 26 !November 19–20, 1998
Japan
Tokyo
Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi. Addressed American Chamber of Commerce.
cells: 27 !November 20–22, 1998
South Korea
Seoul, Osan
Met with President Kim Dae-jung. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
cells: 28 !June 8, 2000
Japan
Tokyo
Attended the funeral of former Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi.
cells: 29 !July 21–23, 2000
Nago
Attended the 26th G8 summit.
cells: George W. Bush[9]
30 !October 18–21, 2001
China
Shanghai
Attended the APEC Summit.
cells: 31 !February 16–19, 2002
Japan
Tokyo
Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Addressed the Diet.
cells: 32 !February 19–21, 2002
South Korea
Seoul, Dorasan, Osan
Met with President Kim Dae-jung. Visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
cells: 33 !February 21–22, 2002
China
Beijing
Met with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji.
cells: 34 !October 17–18, 2003
Japan
Tokyo
Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
cells: 35 !November 15–16, 2005
Kyoto
Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
cells: 36 !November 16–20, 2005
South Korea
Pusan, Gyeongju, Osan
Attended the APEC Summit. Met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
cells: 37 !November 20–21, 2005
China
Beijing
Met with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao.
cells: 38 !November 21, 2005
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Met with President Nambaryn Enkhbayar and Prime Minister Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.
cells: 39 !July 6–9, 2008
Japan
Tōyako
Attended the 34th G8 summit. Met with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese President Hu Jintao and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.
cells: 40 !August 5–6, 2008
South Korea
Seoul
Met with President Lee Myung-bak. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
cells: 41 !August 7–11, 2008
China
Beijing
Attended the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics. Met with President Hu Jintao and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
cells: Barack Obama[10]
42 !November 13–14, 2009
Japan
Tokyo
Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
cells: 43 !November 15–18, 2009
China
Shanghai, Beijing
Met with Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng and Mayor Han Zheng; also took part in a town hall meeting with Shanghai students. Met with President Hu Jintao, NPC Chairman Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao. Visited the Forbidden City and the Great Wall of China.
cells: 44 !November 18–19, 2009
South Korea
Seoul, Osan
Met with President Lee Myung-bak. Visited with U.S. troops at Osan Air Base.
cells: 45 !November 10–12, 2010
Seoul
Attended the G-20 Summit. Met with President Lee Myung-bak.
cells: 46 !November 12–14, 2010
Japan
Yokohama, Kamakura
Attended the APEC Summit. Met with Prime Minister Naoto Kan.
cells: 47 !March 25–27, 2012
South Korea
Seoul
Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. Met with President Lee Myung-bak. Visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
cells: 48 !April 23–25, 2014
Japan
Tokyo
Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.
cells: 49 !April 25–26, 2014
South Korea
Seoul
Met with President Park Geun-hye. Visited with U.S. troops at Yongsan Garrison.
cells: 50 !November 10–12, 2014
China
Beijing
Attended the APEC Summit. Met with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and NPC Chairman Zhang Dejiang.[11]
cells: 51 !May 25–27, 2016
Japan
Shima, Hiroshima
Attended the 42nd G7 summit. Visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
cells: 52 !September 3–6, 2016
China
Hangzhou
Attended the G-20 Summit.
cells: Donald Trump
53 !November 5–7, 2017
Japan
Tokyo
Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.
cells: 54 !November 7–8, 2017
South Korea
Seoul
Met with President Moon Jae-in. Addressed the South Korean National Assembly.
cells: 55 !November 8–10, 2017
China
Beijing
Met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.

Questions about this table:
originalText: who was the first us president to visit south korea
answer: answerTexts: Dwight D. Eisenhower