SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's Lee Jae Myung narrowly avoided what he called a "Zelenskiy moment" after U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed him to Washington with right-wing conspiracy theories but then pulled off a high-stakes summit without unwanted drama.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung underscored his priorities for strengthening the U.S.-ROK alliance during a forum Monday after meeting Donald Trump.

South Korea's new president, Lee Jae Myung, meets U.S President Donald Trump in Washington for their first summit as the decades-old alliance is tested.