Since taking office in a snap election in June, the liberal Lee has taken steps to lower tensions with the nuclear-armed North, and the issue is one where he is expected to find common ground with Trump, who still boasts of his historic summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Now 95 years old and living in South Korea, Ahn Hak-seop longs to return to North Korea so he can die there. There’s just one problem: no one is certain if North Korea will actually take him.