Presidential office considering gifting ancient crown replica to Trump

A gold crown of the ancient Silla kingdom (57 B.C.-A.D. 935) is on display at the Gyeongju National Museum in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, Monday. Yonhap

GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province — The presidential office said Tuesday it is considering gifting U.S. President Donald Trump a replica of an ancient gold crown when he visits South Korea this week for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) event.

Trump is scheduled to arrive in South Korea on Wednesday for a two-day state visit, during which he will hold talks with President Lee Jae Myung in Gyeongju on the sidelines of the APEC gathering.

"(We) are considering a specially manufactured gold-plated model as a gift," a presidential official said.

The model is expected to be a replica of an acclaimed gold crown of the Silla kingdom (57 B.C.-A.D. 935), which ruled about two-thirds of the Korean Peninsula at its height, with Gyeongju as its capital.

Lee earlier gifted Trump a model of a turtle ship, a type of Korean traditional warship, when they met for talks in Washington in August.