US President Donald Trump has revealed North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has responded ‘very positively’
Trump says talking to North Korea’s Kim makes the south safer US President Donald Trump has revealed North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has responded ‘very positively’ to a request for talks. Trump scaled back military exercises with South Korea at the last minute on Sunday, and says talking to Kim makes the region ‘safer’.
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