By Ju-min Park, Heejin Kim and Joyce Lee 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.

Just a few hours before South Korean President Lee Jae Myung was set to enter the White House, a social media post from the US leader threatened to derail the summit.

At the White House, President Trump and Lee Jae Myung praised each other’s eagerness to talk to North Korea’s leader — even if he doesn’t want to talk to them.