U.S. President Joe Biden (L, Getty) and South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol. (Kyodo)  U.S. President Joe Biden will host South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for a state visit on April 26 to mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance between their countries, the White House said Tuesday. The itinerary, which includes a state dinner on that day, comes as the Biden administration steps up efforts to boost ties with South Korea and Japan, its most important security allies in Asia, against the backdrop of North Korea's flurry of missile tests and China's rising military and economic power.

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