He told Korean reporters that the Korean ideas were well received.
Then there was some awkward grinning back and forth, as Obama said he would still need to make good on his promise to call on a Korean reporter.
Cabinet members expressed surprise to Korean reporters, and so did senior officials inside the Blue House, the presidential residence.
There was a mob scene with all the Japanese and Korean reporters.
The law apparently has never been applied to a foreign citizen before, although it has been used to imprison Korean reporters.
Henderson stood up and the North Korean reporter struck him.
When a South Korean reporter asked her if she would like to see Pak win the tournament, Lopez smiled again.
By that time, he hopes to have plenty of Korean reporters following him around.
A North Korean reporter reasoned that he could write about a pepper bush plantation from the comfort of his office.
Speaking to Korean reporters afterward, Mr. Park spoke optimistically of winning approval for the draft deal by early next week.