South Korea, U.S. to work closely on summit after Pyongyang's about-face

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



MAY 20, 2018 / 2:30 AM / UPDATED 36 MINUTES AGO

Jeongmin Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump held discussions on Sunday to ensure that the North Korea-U.S. summit remains on track after North Korea threatened to pull out of the high-level talks.

Moon and Trump spoke over the phone for about 20 minutes, and exchanged their views on North Korea’s recent reactions, South Korea’s presidential office said without elaborating.

“The two leaders will work closely and unwaveringly for the successful hosting of the North Korea- U.S. summit set on June 12, including the upcoming South Korea-U.S. summit,” the presidential official said.

Moon and Trump are set to meet on Tuesday in Washington before North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Trump on June 12 in Singapore.



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[paleotn]

1. Good luck with that...

Kim isn't giving up his nukes and we're not going to significantly reduce our military presence on the peninsula. Impasse.

[DallasNE]

2. Misleading Headline

I was expecting a story saying that North Korea had softened threats to pull out of the summit. No such thing. Rather it is about the US and South Korea strategy to counter Kim's threat to pull out so it is bad news rather than good news. This all follows the really stupid idea to hold joint US/South Korea military exercises at this delicate point in time. The fact that things are currently stalled is because of this gigantic blunder by Trump.