South Korea bristles at Trump calling North Korea ‘nuclear power’

Inconvenient truth or dangerous shift? Trump calls North Korea a ‘nuclear power’, rattles Seoul

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Donald Trump’s convention-busting acknowledgement of North Korea as a nuclear power bucks years of US policy – and sets South Korea on edge.

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South Korea bristles at Trump calling North Korea ‘nuclear power’

South Korea rebuked President Trump’s remarks calling North Korea a “nuclear power,” raising concern about the relationship between the two countries.