US EditionTrump wants to meet North Korea's Kim this year, he tells South Korea
Trump aims to renew dialogue with Kim Jong Un to denuclearize North Korea amid increasing nuclear weapons production, with South Korean support emphasizing a new peace era on the Korean Peninsula.
- On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he hopes to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year during White House talks with visiting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
- Since summit-era diplomacy failed, direct U.S.-DPRK talks produced no lasting deal and Pyongyang has rebuffed U.S. outreach, intensifying rhetoric and weapons testing as of Saturday.
- During his first term, President Donald Trump met Kim Jong Un three times, including the Singapore summit, and urged ending the U.S. lease for Osan Air Base, saying `We spent a lot of money building a fort...`.
- Later this year, Trump is expected to attend a major economic summit in South Korea despite unresolved disputes over nuclear energy, military spending, and $350 billion in promised investments from the July trade deal between Washington and Seoul.
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung warned, `The hard fact is that the number of nuclear weapons that North Korea possesses has increased over the past three to four years` and cautioned Pyongyang could soon produce ten to 20 weapons annually, with U.S. officials expecting progress this year.
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Trump pushes for Kim Jong Un meeting as U.S.-S.Korea trade rift grows | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON/SEOUL >> President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year and was open to further trade talks with South Korea even as he lobbed new criticisms at the visiting Asian ally.
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President Donald Trump said he would like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year as South Korea floated the idea of constructing a Trump Tower in the reclusive country if diplomatic relations improve. “I will say that…
South Korea’s Lee passes first major diplomatic test by using gifts and flattery at meeting with Trump
Analysts agreed that Lee did well in his first White House outing, thanks to a mix of investment goodies, thorough preparations and a keen sense of Mr Trump’s style. Read more at straitstimes.com.
At the summit at the White House, the tycoon expressed its willingness. The summit could take place in conjunction with the Apec Summit in Gyengju in late October, in which Trump should participate. However, Pyongyang has so far put as a precondition that the United States will not continue to demand denuclearization. Meanwhile Lee promised Washington the increase of the military expenditures of Seoul (and brought in dowries 150 billion Korean i…
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