On June 12, President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met for what was considered a historic summit meeting. Five days later, Professor of Political Science Mary McCarthy traveled to South Korea as an invited participant in the Bridging the Divide program of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation and the Korea Foundation. The nine program attendees met with Korean policymakers, politicians, academics, and journalists to discuss denuclearization, reunification, East Asian security, and other issues. The meetings will help to enrich Professor McCarthy’s fall course, China and the World, as well as her proposed new spring 2019 course, North Korea and the World. McCarthy is an expert on Japanese foreign policy and is currently conducting research on the legacy of WWII for Japan’s foreign relations. Her most recent publication is the Routledge Handbook of Japanese Foreign Policy (2018).