President Biden will host Japan and South Korea’s leaders today at Camp David. Presidents have used the mountain retreat for 80 years to host foreign leaders, but this is the first time since 2015 that any have been invited. Here’s a look at Camp David’s long legacy of diplomacy.
Members of an honor guard stand at attention for the arrival of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi to Camp David on June 26, 2008.
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- South Korea and Japan have had a strained relationship dating back to when South Korea colonized Japan, according to NPR’s Asma Khalid. But she tells Up First today that it’s improved in recent years. The three countries will announce a commitment to “step up security coordination” and “establish an understanding that a security challenge for one country poses a concern to the other.” She adds that the Camp David setting brings “a level of intimacy and gravitas” to the meeting.
About 20,000 residents in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, are rushing to evacuate as a wildfire burns out of control near the city. Canada is seeing its worst wildfire season ever recorded, with more than 230 active fires threatening the northwest region and more than 1,000 burning nationwide.
- Canada’s Global News reporter Jayme Doll says officials are concerned the fire could reach the city as soon as Saturday. Thousands of people were airlifted out of the city yesterday, but many waited in line for hours only to be told to come back today as there were no more flights. Doll, who had to evacuate while on vacation a few weeks ago, says that the wildfires are a new reality for Canada as temperatures warm.
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