Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her delegation spent more than $200,000 on an eight-day trip to South Korea and Taiwan in September, about $26,000 a day, according to records obtained through a FOIA request to the state’s economic development agency. Airfare ran about $91,000 and hotels nearly $70,000. Whitmer says the trip deepened ties with companies creating jobs in Michigan. Here is the breakdown.

Morse Tan, a former U.S. ambassador under President Trump, went on trial Friday in Seoul on criminal defamation charges over remarks about South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, some made in Washington, D.C. He pleaded not guilty and has been barred from leaving South Korea since the spring. Prosecutors say his claims are false; Tan calls the case “political lawfare.” Here is what each side says.